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image of Te Pape Nave Nave (Delectable Waters)
Paul Gauguin (artist)
French, 1848 - 1903
Te Pape Nave Nave (Delectable Waters), 1898
oil on canvas
Overall: 74 x 95.3 cm (29 1/8 x 37 1/2 in.) framed: 90.8 x 111.4 cm (35 3/4 x 43 7/8 in.)
Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon
1973.68.2
Not on View
From the Tour: Paul Gauguin
Object 8 of 8

1919L'Art Moderne et quelques aspects de l'art d'autrfoi. Paris, 1919:repro. pl. 50,
1930Alexandre, Arsène. Paul Gauguin: Sa vie et le Sens de son Oeuvre. Paris, 1930:repro. 240.
1949Leymarie, J. Gauguin: Exposition du Centenaire. Exh. Cat. Orangerie des Tuileries, Paris, 1949:61.
1950Lewandowski, Herbert. Paul Gauguin, oder Die Flucht vor der Zivilisation. Bern, 1950:352.
1953Dorra, H. "The First Eves in Gauguin's Garden." Gazette des Beaux-Arts XLI (March 1953):201.
1956Wildenstein, Georges. "L'Idéologie et l'Esthétique dans deux tableaux-clés de Gauguin." Gazette des Beaux-Arts 6 e périod, XLVII (jan-april 1956):147, repro.
1964Wildenstein 1964, no. 568.
1967Danielsson, Bengt. "Gauguin's Tahitian Titles." The Burlington Magazine CIX, no. 769 (April 1967):233.
1972Sugana, Gabriele Mandel. Tout l'ouevre peint de Gauguin. Milan, 1972:no. 391, repro.
1975European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 148, repro.
1984Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. (rev. ed.) New York, 1984: 524, no. 786, color repro.
1985European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 170, repro.
1988NGA Gauguin 1988, 227.
1993Christensen, Carol. "The Paintings Materials and Technique of Paul Gauguin." Studies in the History of Art 41 (1993): 80, repro. no. 12.

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