Page from the Carnet Huyghe

This 228-page notebook, one of only six that have survived, offers an opportunity to explore Gauguin's creative process during his period in Arles. In addition to doodles, sketches, and finished studies for paintings, the notebook contains accounts and lists that offer us a valuable and richly varied insight into Gauguin's work and character.

The drawings on the right-hand page are some of the s…