PAUL GAUGUIN

Nave Nave Fenua. Woodcut printed in ochre ink on thin cream laid paper, 1893-94. 355x203 mm; 14x8 inches, - to 1-inch (full ?) margins. Proof, aside from the editions of approximately 30 and 100. Horizontal printer's crease center right edge visible mainly on the verso. According to Kornfeld, the edition of approximately 30 printed in colors by Louis Roy in 1894 are on heavy cream Japan paper and the edition of 100 printed in black ink by Pola Gauguin in 1921 are on grayish white China paper. The current work appears to be an impression listed in the catalogue raisonn‚ as state IV A "printed by Paul Gauguin in one color on cream or white paper." Kornfeld 14.