Nave Nave Fenua

probably 1894

Paul Gauguin

Artist, French, 1848 - 1903

Paul Gauguin

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    brush, gouache, and india ink with pen and india ink on dark tan wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall (approximate): 42.2 x 26.2 cm (16 5/8 x 10 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1947.12.52


Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1950

  • Gauguin in Tahiti, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 1950.

1951

  • French Painting, 1100-1900, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, 1951, no. 170, repro.

1954

  • Masterpieces from the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1954, no cat.

1955

  • The Drawing and the Print, Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, SC; and Lowe Gallery, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, 1955, no cat.

1961

  • Nineteenth Century Master Drawings, The Newark Museum, NJ, 1961, no. 51, repro.

1962

  • Drawings from the National Gallery of Art Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1962, no cat.

1966

  • Drawings from the Collection of the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1966, no cat.

1978

  • Master Drawings from the Collection of the National Gallery of Art and Promised Gifts, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1978, pp. 104-105.

1988

  • The Art of Paul Gauguin, The Art Institute of Chicago, 1988, no. 177.

2011

  • Gauguin: Maker of Myth, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2011.

Bibliography

1958

  • Rewald, John. Gauguin Drawings. New York, 1958: 59 (as "Standing Tahitian Nude").

1984

  • Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 683, no. 1098, color repro.

1988

  • The Art of Paul Gauguin. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1988: no. 177.

Inscriptions

upper right: PGo; upper center: Pas ecoutez li / li menteur-; upper left in blue: 12

Wikidata ID

Q64618950


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