Brown ink with black watercolor, wash, and traces of pencil on laid drawing paper, Study for "Seated Tahitian" (Edward Blair collection), attributed* to Paul Gauguin (1848-1903). Signed. 8 5/8 x 6 1/4 inches. Very good condition. Framed. (Was previously removed from frame for inspection and photographing and then reframed.)

Provenance: Property originally from a private Southwest collector.

Lot Note: Preston Hall Gallery sold a work attributed to Paul Gauguin on March 10, 2015, from the same collection as the present lot. Subsequently, that drawing sold at Sotheby's, Paris, on June 1, 2016, Lot 79, in the amount of $33,428. It was authenticated prior to sale by the Wildenstein Foundation.

See: http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2016/art-impressionniste-et-moderne-pf1606/lot.79.html [The present drawing has not been examined by an expert and Preston Hall Gallery cannot guaranty the outcome of any such examination.]

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