The article was promoted by Graham Beards via FACBot ( talk) 20:23, 15 October 2015 [1].
This article is about a rather frightening 1894 sculpture by Paul Gauguin, who described the Tahitian goddess of death and mourning on which it is based as "monstrous and majestic...drunk with pride, rage and sorrow". Gauguin was optimistic about its commercial potential, but it languised unsold for years; today first rank casts sell for around €80k at Christies. It was finally placed on his grave in 1973, which is both curious and moving. I wouldnt want it anywhwere near my headstone.
Myself and Modernist laboured on the article for years until white-knighted by C1cada. Ceoil ( talk) 18:20, 29 August 2015 (UTC) reply
Image review
-- Mike Christie ( talk - contribs - library) 03:18, 1 October 2015 (UTC) reply
Support. A fine article. Mike Christie ( talk - contribs - library) 02:27, 5 October 2015 (UTC) reply
Support. This article really is about the Orsay version (the context within which Oviri was created, and how it was received), so the whereabouts of other versions is secondary. That said, I will try to track down the locations of divers casts (whether bronze, plaster, or stoneware). Until then, I will remove the mention of private collections, as this has yet to be determined. Coldcreation ( talk) 03:05, 5 October 2015 (UTC) reply
Generally seems a tad unpolished, but the key stuff is there.
The article was promoted by Graham Beards via FACBot ( talk) 20:23, 15 October 2015 [1].
This article is about a rather frightening 1894 sculpture by Paul Gauguin, who described the Tahitian goddess of death and mourning on which it is based as "monstrous and majestic...drunk with pride, rage and sorrow". Gauguin was optimistic about its commercial potential, but it languised unsold for years; today first rank casts sell for around €80k at Christies. It was finally placed on his grave in 1973, which is both curious and moving. I wouldnt want it anywhwere near my headstone.
Myself and Modernist laboured on the article for years until white-knighted by C1cada. Ceoil ( talk) 18:20, 29 August 2015 (UTC) reply
Image review
-- Mike Christie ( talk - contribs - library) 03:18, 1 October 2015 (UTC) reply
Support. A fine article. Mike Christie ( talk - contribs - library) 02:27, 5 October 2015 (UTC) reply
Support. This article really is about the Orsay version (the context within which Oviri was created, and how it was received), so the whereabouts of other versions is secondary. That said, I will try to track down the locations of divers casts (whether bronze, plaster, or stoneware). Until then, I will remove the mention of private collections, as this has yet to be determined. Coldcreation ( talk) 03:05, 5 October 2015 (UTC) reply
Generally seems a tad unpolished, but the key stuff is there.