Manao Tupapau (She is Haunted by a Spirit)

1894, printed 1921

Paul Gauguin

Artist, French, 1848 - 1903

Pola Gauguin

Printer, Danish, born France, 1883-1961

Christian Cato

Publisher

Paul Gauguin

Attributed to

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut on China paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 20.5 × 35.5 cm (8 1/16 × 14 in.)
    sheet: 27 × 42.2 cm (10 5/8 × 16 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1944.2.25.5

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Mongan et al. 1988, no. 20, State iv/iv (Fb)

Associated Artworks

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Auti te Pape (Women at the River)

Paul Gauguin, Pola Gauguin, Christian Cato

1894

Paul Gauguin: 10 Traesnit (Pola Gauguin Portfolio)

Paul Gauguin, Pola Gauguin, Christian Cato

1894

Title Page for "Le Sourire" (Titre du Sourire)

Paul Gauguin, Pola Gauguin, Christian Cato

1899


Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1973

  • Dimensions of Polynesia, Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego, 1973, no. XII.17.

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 left: Manao / tupapau; 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

Q65024245

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