Paul Gauguin
Still Life with Mangoes and a Hibiscus Flower

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Artist Paul Gauguin(French, 1848–1903)French, 1848–1903

CultureFrench

Titles

Still Life with Mangoes and a Hibiscus Flower

Date1887

PlaceFrance, Antilles françaises

MediumOil on canvas

DimensionsCanvas: 12 3/4 × 18 1/2 in. (32.4 × 47 cm)

Credit LineJohn A. and Audrey Jones Beck Collection, museum purchase funded by the Audrey Jones Beck Accessions Endowment

Object number2016.39

Current Location

The Audrey Jones Beck Building

225 Beck Galleries

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European Art, Beck Collection

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Object Type

PAINTING

Provenance[Justin K. Thannhauser, Munich (before 1928)]; Dr. Fritz Rosenfeld, Stuttgart (by, at least, July 1928) [1]; Dr. Blum (?); [Galerie Fischer, Lucerne, June 1-5, 1948, lot 2303 (illus., pl. 22), consigned by Dr. Blum] [2]; [Martin Fabiani, Paris]; sold to [Marianne Feilchenfeldt, Zurich, 1959]; subsequently transferred by sale or exchange to [Thannhauser, New York]; [Galerie Art Point (sold: Sotheby's, London, June 27, 1989, lot 16]; Private collection, Japan (acquired at the above sale, 1989); [James Francis Trezza, New York]; Private collection, Dallas County, Texas, December 2004; Private collection, 2009 (acquired privately from Texas collector with the benefit of a settlement with the Rosenfeld heirs); [Sotheby's, London, February 3, 2016, lot 24]; purchased by the MFAH, 2016.

[1] The catalogue for the cited 1928 (July-August) Gauguin exhibition at the Kunsthalle Basel listed the work (cat. no. 29) as: “Stilleben, Früchte und Blumen” owned by “Dr. med Fritz Rosenfeld, Stuttgart.”

[2] The sale and lot number are noted in: Wildenstein, Daniel, Sylvie Crussard, Martine Heudron, Claudio Nasso, and Wildenstein Institute. Gauguin : A Savage in the Making : Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings, 1873-1888. 1st edition. Milan, Paris, New York: Skira Editore : Wildenstein Institute : Distributed in North America and Latin America by Rizzoli International Publications through St. Martin’s Press, 2002. See no. 256, p. 348.

Exhibition History"Gauguin," Kunsthalle, Basel, 1928.

"Paul Gauguin," Galerie Thannhauser, Berlin, 1928.

"Gauguin and Impressionism," Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, 2005–2006.

"Paul Gauguin, Artist of Myth and Dream," Complesso del Vittoriano, Rome, 2007–2008.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Signed and dated LL: P. Gauguin 87

Printed gallery label on verso stretcher:
HALL GALLERIES / 36 Ash Bluff Lane, Dallas, TX 75248 / tele: 214.871.9300 fax:214.871.9111 // PAUL GAUGUIN / Still Life with Mangoes and Hibiscus, 1887 / o/c, 12-7/8x18-3/4 inches / 21-1/2x27 inches framed / Signed and datd lower left: P Gauguin 87

Two printed labels on verso stretcher from conservation lab:
HAMISH DEWAR / FINE ART CONSERVATION / Hamish Dewar Ltd / 14 Masons Yard, Duke Street, St. James's, London SW1Y68U... / www.hamishdewar.co.uk

Two shipping labels with barcode and two circular orange labels relating to auction or shipping?

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