Overview
Woodcuts and drawings by French painter Paul Gauguin.
Dates
- Creation: 1899-1900
Language of Materials
Collection material is in English and French.
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on physical access to this material.
Conditions Governing Use
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Extent
.1 linear feet (2 volumes)Includes autograph manuscript and cyclostyle of Le sourire and woodcuts and drawings, created while in Tahiti.
Biographical / Historical
Gauguin was a French post-impressionist painter, sculptor, and graphic artist.
Arrangement
Organized into the following two series:
- I. MS Typ 611: Autograph manuscript and cyclostyle of Le sourire
- II. MS Typ 611.1: Cyclostyle of Le sourire
Physical Location
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
*75M-68. Purchased from The Frognal Bookshop Ltd., 68 Lymington Road, London NW6 1jB, with assistance from Philip Hofer, the Hofer fund, the Hofer duplicates fund, and the Duplicates fund; received: 1976 April 12.
- Title
- Gauguin, Paul, 1848-1903. Paul Gauguin's Le sourire: Guide.
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard College Library
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hou00590
Repository Details
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