Bathers in Brittany, from the Volpini Suite: Dessins lithographiques, 1889, Zincograph on chrome yellow wove paper; first edition, 9 3/16 x 7 7/8 in. (23.3 x 20.0 cm), Prints, Paul Gauguin (French, Paris 1848–1903 Atuona, Hiva Oa, Marquesas Islands), On the fairgrounds of the Paris World's Fair of 1889, at Volpini's Café des Arts, Gauguin exhibited a brand new suite of ten zincographs printed on bright yellow paper. Known as the 'Volpini Suite,' the prints served as a pictorial souvenir of Gauguin's recent travels in Brittany, Martinique, and Arles
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Bathers, Brittany, Volpini Suite, Dessins lithographiques, 1889, Zincograph, chrome yellow wove paper, first edition, 9 3/16 x 7 7/8, 23.3 20.0 cm, Prints, Paul Gauguin, French, Paris, 1848–1903, Atuona, Hiva Oa, Marquesas Islands, fairgrounds, Paris World, Fair, Volpini, Café des Arts, Gauguin exhibited, brand new, suite, ten zincographs, printed, bright yellow, paper, prints served, pictorial souvenir, Gauguin, recent travels, Martinique, Arles
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