Sotheby’s New York to Offer an Exceptional Tahitian Sculpture By Paul Gauguin

NEW YORK, N.Y.- Sotheby’s Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale on 3 May 2011 in New York will feature Jeune tahitienne, an exquisite sculpture carved during Paul Gauguin’s first trip to Tahiti between 1890 and 1893 (est. $10/15 million). As the only fully-worked bust portrait that Gauguin is known to have created, it is unique within his oeuvre, and numbers among the artist’s finest sculptures in private hands. Jeune tahitienne will be on view this April at Sotheby’s Hong Kong [...]

Sotheby’s to Sell Rare Prints by Paul Gauguin from The Collection Of Stanley J. Seeger

LONDON.- On Wednesday, 30 March, 2011, Sothebyʹs London will present for sale a magnificent collection of works on paper by Paul Gauguin that incorporates the artistʹs three most significant categories of print‐making activity. Executed in France and Tahiti between 1894 and 1902, the works are among the finest within Gauguin’s printed oeuvre, and together they serve to represent the most important collection of Gauguin prints to be offered at auction for over a generation. From the Collection of Stanley J. Seeger, [...]