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Paul Gauguin

Associated Names
Paul Gauguin

Artist, French, 1848 - 1903

This artwork depicts a person standing with one hand resting under their chin. The person has simple facial features and long hair. They do not appear to be wearing clothes. The background is a monochromatic print with minimal detailing. Two other faces are partially visible in the background; one seems to be looking at the main figure. To the left, there are abstract shapes and figures, one resembling an animal head. The print has a textured and aged appearance with no vivid colors or distinct setting.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut on Japan paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 30.4 × 22.7 cm (11 15/16 × 8 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1948.11.117

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Mongan et al. 1988, no. 42, State ii/ii (B)

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Marcel Louis Guérin (1873-1948), Paris (Lugt 1872b)

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1950

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

1960

  • Paul Gauguin, 1848-1903, Österreichische Galerie im Oberen Belvedere, Vienna, 1960, no. 112.

1988

  • The Art of Paul Gauguin, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1988, no. 235a.

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. 235a.

Inscriptions

recto: in block, at upper left: P / G; at lower right, in black ink: No. / 18; verso: none

Markings

recto: Marcel Louis Guérin (Lugt 1872b); verso: none

Wikidata ID

Q65081679

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