Mahna no Varua Ino (The Devil Speaks)

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: 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

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Mongan et al. 1988, no. 19, State iv/iv (Eb)

Associated Artworks

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Paul Gauguin: 10 Traesnit (Pola Gauguin Portfolio)

Paul Gauguin, Pola Gauguin, Christian Cato

1894

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


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


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