Paul Gauguin
Parau na te Varua ïno (Words of the Devil)
189291.7 x 68.5 cm
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated lower left: P Gauguin 92 / Parau na te Varua ino
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Gift of the W. Averell Harriman Foundation in memory of Marie N. Harriman
Literature
Collection catalogues
Diane Kelder, French impressionists, from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., New York, 1980, pp. 106-107
John Walker, National Gallery of Art, Washington, New York, 1995, nr. 785
Provenance
Gauguin sale, Paris, 18 February 1895, nr. 10, bought in
with Ambroise Vollard (1867-1939), Paris
sold on 30 May 1906, for 4000 francs, to Alexandre Berthier, 4th Prince de Wagram (1883-1918)
returned possibly due to non-settlement of bill to Vollard, stock nr. 5453, by 1910
Millet, Paris
Phileas Pluckett, Manchester, England
Paul Guillaume (1891-1934), Paris
sold 1930 to Marie N. Harriman (1903-1970) and W. Averell Harriman (1891-1986), New York
the W. Averell Harriman Foundation, New York
gift 1972 to NGA
Other works by Paul Gauguin
Breton Village in the Snow
1894
1894
Dugout Canoe
1896
1896
Flageolet Player on the Cliff, Brittany
1889
1889
Still Life with Chinese Peonies and Mandolin
1885
1885
Tahitian Woman and Boy
1899
1899