1940s After Paul Gauguin "Annah, the Javanese With a Monkey" First Edition Swiss Print

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A stunning large vintage First Edition full-color print of painting "Annah the Javanese" (1893) by a major 19th-century painter, Paul … Read more A stunning large vintage First Edition full-color print of painting "Annah the Javanese" (1893) by a major 19th-century painter, Paul Gauguin, also titled "The Father of Modern Painting". Comes from a rare First Limited Edition art folio published by Albert Skira in Geneva, Switzerland, in the 1940s. Printed on one side. Numbered at the lower right corner: 4. Excellent condition - never framed. Colors are vivid and stunning.

A magnificent half-caste woman whom Vollard had introduced to Gauguin. For some time she did the honors of his studio in the Rue Vercingetorix, Paris. Then he took her with him to Brittany, with sad results. One day there was a "rough house" in which Gauguin, Seguin, Annah and some Breton sailors were involved, and the artist came out the fray with a fractured ankle. Leaving Gauguin in the lurch, Annah returned to Paris, looted his studio and completely vanished. However, she did not carry off any of the canvases. Around 1900 she is said to have been seen behind the counter in a colonial goods store. See less