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Design for a Plate - Leda

1889

Paul Gauguin (French, 1848–1903)

2008.359.1

Not currently on view

inkpaperzincography

Artwork Details

Series Title
Dessins lithographiques (The Volpini Suite)
ArtistPrinterCreation Date
1889
Creation Location
Paris, France
Materials
ink with watercolor and gouache on canary yellow wove paper, mounted on cardboard folder, zincograph
Object Types
zincographs, prints
Dimensions

26-3/8 x 20 x 1/2 in. (portfolio) 11-15/16 x 10-3/16 in. (image)

Mark Description

Inscribed and signed, in black ink, below image: Dessins lithographiques | Paul Gauguin Inscribed and signed, in plate, in image, in reverse, upper right: homis [sic] soit qui mal y pense PGo. Inscribed, in plate, in image (goose): [to be read] Inscribed and dated on the plate below the circle, in reverse, lower center of label: Projet d'asiet [sic] en 89 Inscribed, lower left of label: [to be read, possibly L 2835]

Accession Number
2008.359.1
Credit Line

Gift of Samuel Josefowitz in tribute to Bret Waller and Ellen Lee by exchange, Caroline Marmon Fesler Fund, Beeler Fund, Anonymous IV Art Fund, Mr. and Mrs. William R. Spurlock Fund, Mrs. Pierre F. Goodrich Endowed Art Fund, Nancy Foxwell Neuberger Acquisition Endowment Fund, Gift of the Alliance of the Indianapolis Museum of Art, Russell and Becky Curtis Art Purchase Endowment Fund, Roger G. Wolcott Fund, E. Hardey Adriance Fine Arts Acquisition Fund in memory of Marguerite Hardey Adriance, Mary V. Black Art Endowment Fund, Cecil F. Head Art Fund, Delavan Smith Fund, Emma Harter Sweetser Fund, Mr. and Mrs. Theodore P. Van Vorhees Art Fund, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Crane Fund, Richard W. and Rosemary W. Lee Memorial Funds

Copyright
Public Domain
Collection

Prints, Drawings, and Photographs

Color Palette

(August Laube, Zurich, Switzerland); Samuel Josefowitz [1921-2015], Pully-Lausanne, Switzerland; purchased by the Indianapolis Museum of Art in 2008



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