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The Invocation
Paul Gauguin1903
National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
Washington, DC, United States
Details
- Title: The Invocation
- Creator: Paul Gauguin
- Date Created: 1903
- Physical Dimensions: overall: 65.5 x 75.6 cm (25 13/16 x 29 3/4 in.) framed: 96.5 x 105.4 cm (38 x 41 1/2 in.)
- Provenance: Baron Hans Eberhard von Bodenhausen [1868-1918], Munich. Acquired 26 October 1908 by (Bernheim, Paris); sold 7 November 1908 to Elsa Tischner-von Durant, Freising.[1] (Galerie Druet, Paris), c. 1924.[2] (Galerie Thannhauser, Lucerne); acquired by Ralph Harman Booth [d. 1931] and Mary Batterman Booth [d. 1951], Detroit, by 1927;[3] by inheritance to John and Louise Booth, Grosse Pointe, Michigan; gift (partial and promised) 1976 to NGA; gift completed 1981. [1] The early provenance is according to Georges Wildenstein, _Gauguin_, Paris, 1964: no. 635. The full name of Mlle von Durant is given in a letter dated 22 November 1977 from the Fondation Wildenstein (in NGA curatorial files). [2] Published in 1924, courtesy of Galerie E. Druet, Paris. [3] The painting was lent by the Booths to a 1927 exhibition in Detroit.
- Rights: CC0
- Medium: oil on canvas
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