Walking stick with a female nude and a Breton sabot on the handle, ca. 1888–90, French, Boxwood, mother-of-pearl [Pinctada margaritifera (black-lip pearl oyster)], glass, and iron, confirmed: 36 1/2 × 2 1/16 × 1 11/16 in. (92.7 × 5.2 × 4.3 cm), Sculpture, Paul Gauguin (French, Paris 1848–1903 Atuona, Hiva Oa, Marquesas Islands), Gauguin made five trips to Brittany between 1886 and 1894. He liked the region's 'savage, primitive' quality. His perception is embodied in the carving of this walking stick, with its snake-entwined shaft and handle in the form of a female nude supporting a Breton wooden shoe
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Walking stick, female nude, Breton sabot, handle, ca, 1888–90, French, Boxwood, mother, pearl, Pinctada margaritifera, black-lip pearl oyster, glass, iron, confirmed, 36 1/2, 2 1/16, 1 11/16, 92.7, 5.2, 4.3 cm, Sculpture, Paul Gauguin, Paris, 1848–1903, Atuona, Hiva Oa, Marquesas Islands, Gauguin, five trips, Brittany, 1886, 1894, liked, region, savage, primitive, quality, perception, embodied, carving, walking, snake-entwined shaft, form, nude supporting, wooden, shoe
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