It is one of the few paintings from the post-impressionist's Tahiti period still in private hands. According to Artcurial, the last sale in France of a Gauguin from this period was 22 years ago.

He would remain in Polynesia until his death, apart from a two-year return to France, in hopes of selling paintings and winning acclaim. When Gauguin arrived in Tahiti, it was already transformed ...

In his later Tahiti paintings, Gauguin incorporates symbols of dreams and imagination. We also begin to see the colors that will characterize his work. Gauguin left Copenhagen for Brittany in ...