A wooden statue of Gauguin sold for 11.3 million dollars

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Wooden statue "Young taityanka " Paul Gauguin was sold at New York's Sotheby's auction for 11.3 million dollars , reports on Wednesday, The Associated Press.
The sculpture is decorated with beads of coral and shells that Gauguin was going to Tahiti , when I lived there . Basis of sculptures made ​​from the sacred to the tribes Tahitian tree Taman and ears of the girls - out of boxwood . Left ear taityanki was originally decorated with a flower . The back of the neck girl cut image of two foxes - a label that Gaugin often used .

This bust , whose height is about 25 centimeters , is the only complete three-dimensional works of artist impressionist indicates AP. Pre- auction estimated at 10-15 million dollars .
Gauguin gave a ten-year statue of Jeanne Fournier , daughter of his friends , in 1984 , as promised the girl to bring something from the trip . In 1961, Fournier gave the sculpture a priest monk of the Dominican Order , and he gave the " young taityanku "for sale at Sotheby's. After that, almost 50 years, the statuette was not available to the public and was not present at auctions .