George-Daniel de MONFREID

Les Immémoriaux – Woodcut drawn, engraved and printed by George-Daniel de Monfreid for the frontispiece of Victor Segalen's novel
Woodcut drawn and engraved by George-Daniel de Monfreid, in black on onion skin paper. Original proof, likely unique. Handwritten Annotation by the artist (“state 5”) in bottom margin, in pencil.
Original print run of a woodcut in black inspired by the work of Gauguin and engraved by George-Daniel de Monfreid for a frontispiece project, remaining unpublished, of Victor Segalen's Les Immémoriaux.
This engraved woodcut was...

Original color proof of a woodcut inspired by the work of Gauguin and engraved by George-Daniel de Monfreid for a frontispiece project, remaining unpublished, of Victor Segalen's Les Immémoriaux.

Only one other original color proof and one print run, in black and white (see below), are known to date.
Printed in two tones, green and brown, on old Japan and enhanced with gilt painting by the artist.

This engraved woodcut was to illustrate, as a frontispiece, the original edition of Segalen's Les Immémoriaux, an ethnographic novel, directly inspired by his trip to Polynesia following in Gauguin's footsteps. Segalen...

La Mémoire et l'Imagination. Noa Noa. Unique proof of the woodcut drawn and engraved after Paul Gauguin by George-Daniel de Monfreid
Original proof, likely unique, of this intermediate state of a woodcut drawn and engraved by George-Daniel de Monfreid after a watercolor by Paul Gauguin. Print on fine cream laid paper, annotation by the artist in the left-hand margin.

Woodcut drawn and engraved after a watercolor from the Noa Noa manuscript, pasted on a page of text of the famous album.
The final woodcut will serve as the head of the first...

Diane et Actéon aux Marquises. Noa Noa. Unique proof of the woodcut drawn and engraved after Paul Gauguin by George-Daniel de MonfreidOriginal proof, likely unique, of this intermediate state of a woodcut drawn and engraved by George-Daniel de Monfreid after two works by Paul Gauguin. Print on Japan silk, annotation by the artist in the left-hand margin.

Woodcut drawn and engraved after two works, the man holding a branch being a reproduction of a watercolor on page 37 of the Noa Noa manuscript, while the full-length woman originally observed by this browser, is presented here...

Les Odalisques aux mangues. Noa Noa. Unique proof of the woodcut
drawn and engraved after Paul Gauguin by George-Daniel de MonfreidOriginal proof, likely unique, of this intermediate state of a woodcut drawn and engraved by George-Daniel de Monfreid after Paul Gauguin.
Print on fine cream laid paper, annotation by the artist in the left-hand margin.
Woodcut drawn and engraved after two different works. The back of the woman is an exact reproduction of an ink from page 92 of the Noa Noa manuscript, while the woman lying down takes up the well-known theme of the woman with...

Tehura. Original proof engraved after
the painting "Merahi Metua no Tehamana".
Intermediate state for Noa NoaOriginal proof, likely unique, of this intermediate state of “Tehura”, wood drawn and engraved after Paul Gaughin's painting “Merahi Metua no Tehamana” by George-Daniel de Monfreid.
Print on fine cream laid paper, annotation by the artist in the left-hand margin.

The definitive wood served as the head of chapter VI, “Le Conteur parle”, page 81 of the true first edition of Noa Noa published by Crès in 1924, the first illustrated work from Paul Gauguin and
a...