Paul Gauguin
Maruru (Offerings of Gratitude)

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Artist Paul GauguinFrench, 1848–1903

Printer Pola GauguinDanish, born France, 1883–1961

CultureFrench

Titles

Maruru (Offerings of Gratitude)
from the series Noa Noa (Fragrant Scent)

Date1893–1894, printed and published 1928

Printed inCopenhagen, Denmark

MediumWood engraving on light gray China paper

DimensionsBlock: 8 1/16 × 14 in. (20.5 × 35.6 cm)
Sheet: 10 5/8 × 16 5/8 in. (27 × 42.2 cm)

Credit LineGift of Dr. and Mrs. Craig Calvert

Object number2015.18

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Provenance[Hotel Drouot, Paris, Piasa, “Estampes modernes Henri M. Petiet,” December 8, 2011, lot 120]; purchased by Dr. and Mrs. Craig Calvert, Cyprus, Texas, 2011-December 2014; given to MFAH, 2015.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Recto: Inscribed in graphite, above image, upper left: Mo 54
Recto: Inscribed in printed ink, in block, center bottom edge: MARURU
Recto: Signed in printed ink, in block, right bottom edge: PGO [monogram]
Recto: Inscribed in graphite, below image, lower left: Paul Gauguin fait
Recto: Inscribed in graphite, below image, lower right: Pola Gauguin imp
Mount Recto: Inscribed in graphite, right bottom edge: M G92

Recto: Signed in printed ink, in block, right bottom edge: PGO [monogram]
Recto: Inscribed in graphite, below image, lower right: Pola Gauguin imp

Verso: Stamp in ink, right bottom edge: H.M.P. [encircled]

Catalogue raisonnéKornfeld 22 III, E.b.; Guérin 92 only

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