The Ox Cart (Le char a boeufs)

1898-1899

Paul Gauguin

Associated Names
Paul Gauguin

Artist, French, 1848 - 1903

The image displays a landscape with a person walking alongside an ox. The scene features a simplistic and rough texture achieved through a printmaking technique. A figure with a wide-brimmed hat leads the ox, carrying a load. In the background, there are trees or structures on the horizon and hills or mountains further away. The image is monochromatic with shades of black and white, creating a contrast between dark and light elements.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut on Japan paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1950.16.63

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Mongan et al. 1988, no. 51, State only state

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1988

  • The Art of Paul Gauguin, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1988, no. 243a.

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. 243a.

Wikidata ID

Q65363941

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