[Paul GAUGUIN (1848-1903)]. Handwritten accounts, Taiohae 19 - Lot 46

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[Paul GAUGUIN (1848-1903)]. Handwritten accounts, Taiohae 19 - Lot 46
[Paul GAUGUIN (1848-1903)]. Handwritten accounts, Taiohae 1901-1903; 6 pages in folio, ink stamp of the Société Commerciale de l'Océanie (wetted with small lacks in the upper left corner). Enclosed is an important documentary file compiled by Bernard Villaret (1909-2006), doctor and man of letters, author of novels and photographic albums: handwritten notes, copies of the sales minutes after Gauguin's death, typed and reworked articles by Villaret on the painter's last years; plus the book Gauguin: sa vie, son œuvre sous la direction de G. Wildenstein (1958), and an issue of the Bulletin de la Société des études océaniennes (1954). Statement of Gauguin's accounts with the Oceania Commercial Society from September 30, 1901 to April 29, 1903, stopped in Taiohae on June 23, 1903. They include hardware (red wood, fir and grooved wood, a lock, hinges and spikes, a door, windows, a pickaxe) and household items (oil, matches, cigarette paper, food, pots and glasses), quantities of wine and rum, but also disbursements to Ben Varney, who ran the central store, and to the pharmacist Ambroise Millaud, of Papeete ; others for packing and freight expenses (by the Southern Cross of the SCO Papeete, by the Gauloise, etc.).), to the Mission Atuona "following the order of M. Gauguin (p. property)" (650 fr. on 27 November 1901) . More turpentine, alcohol, and frequent mentions of "his species" (500 fr. on 27 November 1901, 800 on 2 December 1901, etc.). We also note the collection of sums received "from Vollard, Paris", or without specifying their origin. On 1 May 1903, Gauguin had a debit balance of 1,389.09 francs (he died on 8 May).
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