06-01-201306-01-2013
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June 1, 2013 11:00 AMCalender
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Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Noanoa: Voyage de Tahiti

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Auction: Books & Manuscripts - 2658BLocation: BostonDate / Time: June 01, 2013 11:00AM

Description:

Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Noanoa: Voyage de Tahiti. Munich: by R. Piper & Co., for the Marees Gesellschaft, 1926.
Limited edition, copy number twenty-six of eighty, hand-bound in full yellow morocco, boards gilt-ruled, author and title gilt-tooled on the spine, with the original paper wrappers (spine perished) and the original folding cardboard cover, both blocked in black with the same design, spine of book and cover slightly sunned, 12 1/4 x 9 1/4 in.
This facsimile of Gauguin's original manuscript notebook includes reproductions of drawings and notes printed in color throughout. In cases where the artist tipped a sketch that was originally drawn on a separate piece of paper into his book, the publishers have done the same, printing on a thinner separate sheet and tipping it onto the page. Gauguin's original notebook is held at the Louvre.
Estimate $600-800


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Keywords

Munich, R. Piper & Co., the Louvre