Paul Gauguin
The bathers
189860.4 x 93.4 cm
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated lower right: P Gauguin 97
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Gift of Sam A. Lewisohn
Literature
Collection catalogues
John Walker, National Gallery of Art, Washington, New York, 1995, nr. 788
Provenance
Sold 30 October 1898 via Daniel de Monfried (1856-1929) to Ambroise Vollard (1867-1939), Paris
sold November 1898 to Edgar Degas (1834-1917)
Degas atelier sale I, Galerie George Petit, Paris, 26-27 March 1918, nr. 47 as Tahiti, paysage, 93 x 61 cm. dimensions reversed
with Jos Hessel, Paris and/or Ambroise Vollard
probably sold to Adolph Lewisohn (c. 1849-1938), New York, by 1921
by inheritance to his son Sam A. Lewisohn (1884-1951), New York
bequest 1951 to NGA
Other works by Paul Gauguin
Portrait of Madeleine Bernard
1888
1888
Vaugirard Church by Night
1881
1881
Turkeys, Pont-Aven
1888
1888
Lilac Bouquet
1885
1885
Tropical Vegetation
1887
1887