AFTER PAUL GAUGUIN (1848-1903) Woman's torso. Bronze proof with shaded brown patina. Numbered 1/8 and stamped "Clémenti Cire perdue d'édition" and inscribed "Fonte posthume" on the base. H. 32 cm. Worn patina. An 1893 model, modeled in clay during the artist's second Tahitian sojourn in 1893, Torso de Tahitienne was part of the Ambroise Vollard collection. Bibliography: R.J. Goldwater, Paul Gauguin, New York, 1957, ill. in relation to Torso de femme tahitienne (terracotta version) dated 1893, p.37. C. GRAY, Sculpture and Ceramics of Paul Gauguin, Baltimore, 1963