Paul Gauguin
Still Life with Mangoes and a Hibiscus Flower

Still Life with Mangoes and a Hibiscus Flower

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Still Life with Mangoes and a Hibiscus Flower
ArtistFrench, 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
113 Brown Foundation Galleries
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Department
European Art, Beck Collection
Special Collections
Object Type
Provenance[Justin K. Thannhauser, Munich (before 1928)]; Dr. Fritz Rosenfeld, Stuttgart (by 1928); Dr. Blum (?); [Galerie Fischer, Lucerne, June 1-5, 1948, no. 2103 (ill., pl. 22), consigned by Dr. Blum]; [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, no. 16]; Private collection, Japan (aquired at the above sale, 1989); James Francis Trezza, New York; Private collection, Dallas County, Texas, December 2004; Private collection, 2009 (aquired 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.
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

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