Paul GAUGUIN (after) 1848-1903 Hina Bronze with... Lot 24

Paul GAUGUIN (after) 1848-1903 Hina Bronze with brown patina Monogrammed lower left "P Go", numbered lower left "19/20", founder's stamp on the left side of the base "CIRE / C. VALSUANI / LOST". Posthumous proof cast circa 1959 after a tamanu wood designed circa 1892 35.60 cm (14.02 in.) Provenance: The Kelton Collection, USA Bibliography: C.Gray, Sculpture and Ceramics of Paul Gauguin, The Johns Hopkins Press, Baltimore, 1963, n°97, reproduced in black and white. p.223 (tamanu wood) Comment : Bronze with brown patina; monogram at the bottom left, numbered at the bottom left, stamped with the foundry mark on the left side of the base Lot in temporary importation 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.