Maruru (Thank You)

1894, printed 1941

Paul Gauguin

Artist, French, 1848 - 1903

Max Kahn

Printer, American, born Russia, 1902-2005

Media Options

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut on coated wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Evelyn Stefansson Nef

  • Dimensions

    image: 20.2 x 35.4 cm (7 15/16 x 13 15/16 in.)
    block: 28.9 x 40.2 cm (11 3/8 x 15 13/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2004.55.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Mongan et al. 1988, no. 22, State iii/iii (F)


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mrs. Evelyn Nef, Washington, D.C.; gift to NGA, 2004.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1927

  • Guérin, Marcel. L'Oeuvre gravé de Gauguin. 2 vols. Paris: H. Floury, 1927.

1988

  • Field, Richard S. Paul Gauguin: The Paintings of the First Voyage to Tahiti. New York and London, 1977:154-157

Inscriptions

recto: in block, at lower right: MARURU PG O; verso: none

Markings

verso: stamped in brown ink at center: PRINTED IN 1941 FROM THE ORIGINAL / WOODBLOCK IN THE COLLECTION OF / THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO FOR / THE PRINT AND DRAWING CLUB. [in rectangle]

Wikidata ID

Q76349563


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