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European Art
Photo credit: Yale University Art Gallery
Artist: Paul Gauguin, French, 1848–1903
Paradise Lost (?)
ca. 1890
Oil on canvas
46 × 54.9 cm (18 1/8 × 21 5/8 in.)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin E. Bensinger, B.A. 1928
1971.114
Status:
On view
Culture:
French
Period:
19th century
Classification:
Paintings
Provenance:
Marie Henry, Pont-Aven, Brittany, France; Armand Parent; purchased by donor from Stephen Hahn Gallery, New York, on Nov. 17, 1969.
Bibliography:
Gilles Genty et al., The nude from Gauguin to Bonnard : Eve, icon of modernity?, ed. Ve´ronique Serrano, exh. cat. (Milan: Silvana Editoriale, 2013), 61, fig. 34.
Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of such records is ongoing.
