215
Paul Gauguin
Charette de Varech, 1891.
Watercolor over pencil on paper
Estimate:
€ 25,000 - 35,000

 
$ 28,000 - 39,200

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215
Paul Gauguin
Charette de Varech, 1891.
Watercolor over pencil on paper
Estimate:
€ 25,000 - 35,000

 
$ 28,000 - 39,200

+
 

Paul Gauguin
1848 - 1903

Charette de Varech. 1891.
Watercolor over pencil on paper.
On thin paper (with the perforated edge at the top). 17.2 x 27.4 cm (6.7 x 10.7 in), size oof sheet.
With a landscape sketch in pencil on the rerverse.
• A rare, double-sided work on paper by the influential Post-Impressionist.
• Although Paul Gauguin embarked on his first trip to Tahiti in the year this work was created, he revisits one of his famous Breton motifs here.
• The motif of the hard-working coastal population is central to his search for an authentic and simple way of life.
• Gauguin’s works featuring Breton motifs are held in renowned museums, including the Musée de Pont-Aven, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, and the Musée d’Orsay in Paris
.

PROVENANCE: Private collection.
Private collection, Europe (since 2005, Fattori & Rois).
Private collection, Germany (probably since 2014, Sotheby’s).
Private collection, North Rhine-Westphalia (acquired from the above).

LITERATURE: Fattori & Rois, Granville, Dec. 4, 2005, lot 86
Sotheby’s London, Impressionist & Modern Art Day Sale, June 24, 2014, lot 137.

Called up: December 5, 2026 - ca. 15.33 h +/- 20 min.





Buyer's premium and taxation for Paul Gauguin "Charette de Varech"
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