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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 1271668, member: 2844"]It is a nice sketchbook, but I think it was by someone who was inspired by Gauguin. The sketches don't look very Gauguin. The shapes of the faces, yes, but not the technique.</p><p>From what I can tell, with the little knowledge I have of Polynesian languages, the Tahitian words are real Tahitian.</p><p>I don't think it was intended to be a fake. Many artists went to Tahiti to follow the Gauguin dream. And many were even more disillusioned than he was. It would be interesting to find out whose sketchbook it is, but that will require some digging into who Vollard and de Montfreid knew.</p><p><br /></p><p>It doesn't look like Gauguin's handwriting to me</p><p>Gauguin:</p><p><img src="https://s14-eu5.startpage.com/cgi-bin/serveimage?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.openedition.org%2Fsdo%2Fdocannexe%2Fimage%2F1168%2Fimg-2-small700.jpg&sp=1f7b7945fde10b701edf9ee169e95c31&anticache=947581" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Your sketchbook:</p><p><img src="https://www.antiquers.com/attachments/gauguin-1a-jpg.217352/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>It is pre-Columbian Maya meets Tahiti.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /> A bit like Gauguin, who was inspired by pre-Columbian Peru, after all he was part Peruvian.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 1271668, member: 2844"]It is a nice sketchbook, but I think it was by someone who was inspired by Gauguin. The sketches don't look very Gauguin. The shapes of the faces, yes, but not the technique. From what I can tell, with the little knowledge I have of Polynesian languages, the Tahitian words are real Tahitian. I don't think it was intended to be a fake. Many artists went to Tahiti to follow the Gauguin dream. And many were even more disillusioned than he was. It would be interesting to find out whose sketchbook it is, but that will require some digging into who Vollard and de Montfreid knew. It doesn't look like Gauguin's handwriting to me Gauguin: [IMG]https://s14-eu5.startpage.com/cgi-bin/serveimage?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.openedition.org%2Fsdo%2Fdocannexe%2Fimage%2F1168%2Fimg-2-small700.jpg&sp=1f7b7945fde10b701edf9ee169e95c31&anticache=947581[/IMG] Your sketchbook: [IMG]https://www.antiquers.com/attachments/gauguin-1a-jpg.217352/[/IMG] It is pre-Columbian Maya meets Tahiti.;) A bit like Gauguin, who was inspired by pre-Columbian Peru, after all he was part Peruvian.[/QUOTE]
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