Getty Research Journal.
Head with Horns, which was shown in
Gauguin: Maker of Myth, the 2010-11 exhibition at London’s Tate Modern and the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, was a work by Gauguin, French art specialists were sceptical about the sculpture. They include Anne Pingeot, France’s honorary general curator of heritage, who played a key role in the formation of the Musée d’Orsay in Paris and oversaw its sculpture collection.
In the Getty journal, Pingeot writes that, despite strenuous efforts, she has still been unable “to shed any light on its journey” from the 1890s until its appearance at Wildenstein’s. The dealer was unwilling to disclose the provenance, other than saying they had acquired it from an unnamed Swiss owner.