Artist:
Paul Gauguin
Artwork:
Fleurs Dans Un Panier
Size:
45.3 x 53.5 cm
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Creation year:
1885
Marks:
Signed P. Gauguin (lower left)
Category:
Paintings
Artwork details :
Painted circa 1880-85
Provenance:
Galerie Thannhauser, Munich (acquired circa 1918); Kojiro Matsukata, Japan (acquired from the previous in August 1921); Kawasaki Dockyard, Co., Ltd., Kobe (transferred from the previous in 1927); The Jugo Bank, Tokyo (seized from the previous circa 1927-28. Sold: Bijutsukan, Tokyo, 5th Matsukata sale, 6th-20th February 1934, lot 25); Sale: Asahikaikan, Osaka, 20th-24th February 1935, lot 61; Private Collection, Japan (purchased at the previous sale); Thence by descent to the present owners
Exhibition history:
Osaka, Osaka Mainichi Shimbun Honsha, Masterpieces of the Matsukata Collection, 1922, no. 27, illustrated in the catalogue (titled Still-life and with incorrect measurements); (possibly) Prague, Municipal House, Exhibition of French Art XIX and XX Century. 66th Exhibition of the Artists Association Manes, 1923, no. 186 (titled Fruits et fleurs and with incorrect measurements); Tokyo, Musee des Beaux-Arts, Collection Matsukata, 1934, no. 25, illustrated in the catalogue