Paul Gauguin / Daniel de Monfreid - Noa Noa - 1924

Fascinating definitive edition enriched with beautiful wood engravings after Paul Gauguin by Daniel De Monfreid of this novel that retraces the artist's stay in Polynesia and constitutes at once a travelogue, an ethnographic testimony, and an aesthetic reflection -

Gauguin describes there the landscapes, the customs and legends of the Tahiti islands with a blend of poetry and sensory precision, underscoring natural beauty, exotism and the simplicity of local life while expressing his quest for an art freed from European constraints -

The work also reveals his interest in Polynesian spirituality and the symbolic forms inherent to Tahitian culture, which inspire his most famous pictorial works -

Noa Noa is distinguished by an intimate and lyrical style, alternating descriptions, personal impressions and meditations on the human condition and artistic creation -

Thus this book testifies to Gauguin's vision of an ideal world, of artistic freedom and a return to nature, while offering European readers at the beginning of the 20th century a vivid and fascinating glimpse of the Polynesian archipelago, its inhabitants and its influence on artistic modernism -

Paul Gauguin / Daniel de Monfreid - Noa Noa - 1924 - G. Crès et Cie -
(6) S., 154 S., (6)

Good binding condition, paperback work in its original illustrated dust-jacket, rubbing and signs of wear on the spine and covers, small tear on the lower cover, smooth blind spine, the first cover beautifully illustrated in color and titled -

Good interior condition, foxing and scattered pinpoint stains, title page printed in red and black, work enriched with wood drawings and engravings after Paul Gauguin by Daniel de Monfreid, copy of the regular edition, after 200 copies on Lafuma pure rag vellum -

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