Paul GAUGUIN 1848- 1903 Oviri, Pot in the shape... Lot 16

Paul GAUGUIN 1848- 1903 Oviri, Pot in the shape of a grotesque head - circa 1895 Glazed stoneware Ht: 20,30 cm (7.8 in.) Provenance: European private collection Sale Paris, Piasa, June 19, 1998, lot 10 Sale New York, Christie's, 8 May 2002, lot 203 The Kelton Collection, United States Exhibitions: Rome, Complesso del Vittoriano, Paul Gauguin: artista di mito e sogno, October 2007-February 2008, no. 102, reproduced in color on p.129, 338, 339 San Diego, Maritime Museum of San Diego, Cook, Melvill and Gauguin, June 2011 - July 2012, n°125, reproduced p.117 Bibliography : C. Gray, Sculpture and ceramics of Paul Gauguin, The John Hopkins Press, Baltimore, 1963, n°114, reproduced in black and white p. 248 (another copy) Comment : Glazed earthenware Temporary import lot The buyer will have to pay import fees, i.e. 5.5% in addition to the auction price, unless he immediately re-exports the lot outside the European Union. Lot in temporary importation. In addition to the commissions and taxes, and additional import fees of 5,5% of the hammer price will be charged. The import fees can be retroceded to the purchaser on presentation of written proof of exportation outside European Union.