Illustrated Menu: The Fox and the Crow

Illustrated Menu: The Fox and the Crow

c. 1899-1901
Artist
Paul Gauguin, French, 1848-1903
Country
France
Object
drawing
Medium
Watercolor and crayon on ivory laid paper affixed to Japanese paper
Accession Number
2019.570
Credit Line
The Esmond Bradley Martin Collection
Paul Gauguin (French). Illustrated Menu: The Fox and the Crow . c. 1899-1901. Watercolor and crayon on ivory laid paper affixed to Japanese paper. The Esmond Bradley Martin Collection. 2019.570.
Dimensions
sight height: 8 in, 20.3200 cm; sight width: 6 1/4 in, 15.8750 cm; frame height: 16 3/8 in, 41.5925 cm; frame width: 14 1/2 in, 36.8300 cm; frame depth: 1 3/8 in, 3.4925 cm
Inscription
Inscribed by the artist in crayon, manou nehenehe / Menu — / Foutimaises assorties / Puaha oviri au four Canaque / moa Opapa Sauce Coco / Roti boeuf à la française / Salade!! aita / Desserts / apperitifs vin colonial.
Department
European and American Art Before 1900
Collection
European Painting and Sculpture before 1900
Known Provenance
Monsieur Canque, Receveur de l’Enregistrement (Receiver of Registry Fees), Papeete, Tahiti; given by him to a Monsieur Martin, 1906; by bequest to his son, Yves Martin, Tahiti, as of 1948; private collection, U.S.; with Wildenstein, New York; from which acquired by Esmond Bradley Martin [1941–2018]; gifted to the Denver Art Museum, 2019.
Exhibition History
  • "Tableaux XIXe et XXe siècles"—Didier Imbert Fine Art, Paris, 05/23-07/26/1985, no. 25d. Illustrated (color)
  • "Passport to Paris"—Denver Art Museum, 10/27/2013–02/09/2014