Sale 2507, Part I - Old Master Through Modern Prints, May 2, 2019

or Jacques Beltrand for Eugène Druet (Kornfeld 20 and 22). According to Kornfeld, Eugène Druet acquired 8 of the Noa Noa wood blocks sometime around 1914-18 and had Beltrand print impressions. In 1921, Druet sold the wood blocks to the artist’s son, Pola Gauguin, and he produced the edition of 100 impressions of each. The Pola Gauguin printings, as well as many of the Beltrand impressions, are evidenced by the splits in the blocks (which are particularly noticeable in the 1921 impressions). The current impression predates these Beltrand and Pola Gauguin impressions. A superb, richly- inked impression of this extremely scarce woodcut. Kornfeld 19. [10,000/15,000]