Noa Noa : six plates
$500
PAUL GAUGUIN (1848-1903)
Noa Noa: six plates
each: numbered or annotated (in pencil; upper left margin) and inscribed and signed 'Paul Gauguin fait' and 'Pola Gauguin imp' (in pencil; lower margin)
six woodcuts, on Chine paper; together with Mahana Atua and Le Calvaire Breton
Largest Image Size: 8 x 14 in. (20 x 35 cm.)
Largest Sheet Size: 10 5/8 x 17 in. (27 x 43 cm.)
Executed circa 1893-1895. Noa Noa and Mahana Atua are Mongan, Kornfeld & Joachim's final state, from the edition of 100. Printed and published by Pola Gauguin, Copenhagen in 1921. Le Calvaire Breton was executed circa 1898-1899. Mongan, Kornfeld & Joachim's final state, from the edition of 25. Printed for Pola Gauguin by J.G. Daragnès. Published by Leicester Galleries, London in 1928.