Auti te Pape (Women at the River)

1894/1895

Paul Gauguin

Associated Names
Paul Gauguin

Artist, French, 1848 - 1903

Louis Roy

Printer, French, 1862 - 1907

The image features flowing lines and irregular shapes intertwined across the composition. It is an abstract artwork that combines elements resembling figures and natural forms. The lines and shapes on the left side and center of the image evoke a rocky landscape or a flowing stream, while the figures scattered throughout the composition may remind the viewer of people caught in movement.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color woodcut

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 20.5 x 35.7 cm (8 1/16 x 14 1/16 in.)
    sheet: 25 x 39.8 cm (9 13/16 x 15 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1950.17.80

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Mongan et al. 1988, no. 16, State ii/ii (C)

  • Series Title

    Noa Noa Suite

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1956

  • Paul Gauguin (1848-1903), The Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach, FL; and The Lowe Gallery, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, 1956, no. 62.

1964

  • The Turn of the Century, Kresge Art Center at Michigan State University, East Lansing, 1964, no. 28.

1968

  • L'Incisione Europea dal XV al XX Secolo, Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna, Turin, Italy, 1968. no. 271, repro.

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.

Wikidata ID

Q65363976

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