Paul Gauguin (French, 1848-1903)Three impressions of Portrait de Stéphane Mallarmé, 1891: impression of the second state (prior to cancelation), printed in 1919 in brown/black ink, numbered "10/79" in pencil l.r. (Guérin, 14; Mongan, Kornfeld & Joachim, 12/II/B/b); impression from the canceled plate, printed in brown/black (Guérin, 14; M/K/J, 12/III); impression from the restored plate, printed in black, c. 1960 (Guérin, 14; M/K/J, 12/IV). Each initialed and dated within the plate and identified on a label from Ferdinand Roten Galleries, Baltimore, affixed to the backing paper. Etchings with plate tone on paper, plate size 7 1/4 x 5 3/4 in. (18.4 x 14.6 cm), framed.
Condition: Pale staining to lower margin and mat burn to the impression from the canceled plate, not examined out of frames.
N.B. This is one of only two known etchings by the artist. The other is
La femme aux figues of 1894.
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