Nave Nave Fenua (Delightful Land)

1894, printed 1921

Paul Gauguin

Artist, French, 1848 - 1903

Pola Gauguin

Printer, Danish, born France, 1883-1961

Christian Cato

Publisher

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut on China paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 35.4 × 20.3 cm (13 15/16 × 8 in.)
    sheet: 42.9 × 26.6 cm (16 7/8 × 10 1/2 in.)

  • Accession

    1944.2.25.3

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Mongan et al. 1988, no. 14, State iv/iv (Db)

Associated Artworks

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Paul Gauguin, Pola Gauguin, Christian Cato

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Paul Gauguin, Pola Gauguin, Christian Cato

1894

Mahna no Varua Ino (The Devil Speaks)

Paul Gauguin, Pola Gauguin, Christian Cato

1894

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1927

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

1988

  • Mongan, Elizabeth, Eberhard W. Kornfeld, and Harold Joachim. Paul Gauguin: Catalogue Raisonne of his Prints. Berne: Galerie Kornfeld, 1988.

Inscriptions

recto: in block, in image, at upper center: NAVENAVE FENUA; in block, in image, at lower left: P G O; above image, at left, in graphite: no 55; below image, at left, in graphite: Paul Gauguin fait; below image, at right, in graphite: Pola Gauguin imp.; verso: none

Markings

none

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q65024241

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