Mahna no Varua Ino (The Devil Speaks)
1894, printed 1921
Artist, French, 1848 - 1903
Printer, Danish, born France, 1883-1961
Publisher

Artwork overview
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Medium
woodcut on China paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image: 20.2 × 35.4 cm (7 15/16 × 13 15/16 in.)
sheet: 27.1 × 42.4 cm (10 11/16 × 16 11/16 in.) -
Accession
1944.2.25.9
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Catalogue Raisonné
Mongan et al. 1988, no. 19, State iv/iv (Eb)
Associated Artworks
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Manao Tupapau (She is Haunted by a Spirit)
Paul Gauguin, Pola Gauguin, Christian Cato
1894

L'Univers est crée (The Creation of the Universe)
Paul Gauguin, Pola Gauguin, Christian Cato
1894

Nave Nave Fenua (Delightful Land)
Paul Gauguin, Pola Gauguin, Christian Cato
1894
Artwork history & notes
Exhibition History
1988
The Art of Paul Gauguin, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1988, no. 175g. (incorrect accession number in catalogue)
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.
The Art of Paul Gauguin. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1988: no. 175g.
Inscriptions
recto: in block, at lower left: P G O MAHNA NO VARUA NO; 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
Q65024261