![]() ![]() In the background, other figures rest outside the house. A mourning nude female figure crouches nearby, framed by skull motifs on the wall behind her. Getty officials said the painting was in good condition and would probably go on display next month after cleaning and modest restoration.Īnother painting by Gauguin from the same period, “Te Poipoi” (“The Morning”), was purchased by a Hong Kong collector in November at auction at Sotheby’s for $35 million, or $39.2 million including the buyer’s premium.Ĭreated during Gauguin’s first extended stay in Tahiti, “Arii Matamoe,” whose title Gauguin translated as “The Royal End,” depicts the severed head of a Polynesian man resting on a white cushion set on a low table or serving platter. The museum would not identify the seller or say how much it paid for the work. ![]() ![]() Paul Getty Museum announced Tuesday that it had acquired “Arii Matamoe,” an 1892 painting by Paul Gauguin that has been in a private collection in Switzerland for decades and has been exhibited publicly only once since 1946. ![]()
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