Two Marquesans [recto]

c. 1902

Paul Gauguin

Associated Names
Paul Gauguin

Artist, French, 1848 - 1903

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    traced monotype in warm black retouched slightly with an olive pigment

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 45.8 x 34.5 cm (18 1/16 x 13 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1964.8.1797.a

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Field 1973, no. 88

Associated Artworks

The image is a pencil sketch depicting two individuals from the shoulders up. The person in the foreground is in profile facing the right side of the image, with soft facial features, prominent eyelashes, and an aquiline nose. Their hair is long and flows down their back, with floral adornments nestled within it. The person in the background is positioned behind the first, with a three-quarter view visible, showing slightly closed eyes and a neutral expression. The background features lightly sketched lines and a suggestion of abstract shapes or figures, creating a textured appearance without distinct detailing.

Two Marquesans [verso]

Paul Gauguin

1902

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1953

  • Monotypes by French and American Impressionists, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 1953.

1955

  • Monotypes, Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT, 1955.

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. 56, repro.

1959

  • Gauguin, The Art Institute of Chicago, IL; and The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY, 1959, no. 196.

1960

  • Paul Gauguin, Haus der Kunst, Munich, 1960, no. 137, repro.

1966

  • Gauguin and the Decorative Style, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, 1966.

1968

  • Degas Monotypes, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 1968, not in catalogue.

1973

  • Paul Gauguin: Monotypes, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1973, no. 88, repro.

1983

  • Graphic Survey Show, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., July 1983.

1988

  • The Art of Paul Gauguin, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., and The Art Institute of Chicago, 1988, no. 270.

2001

  • The Unfinished Print, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2001, repro.

2003

  • Gauguin-Tahiti: L'atelier des tropiques, Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Paris; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 2003-2004, no. 179 (Eng. cat. no. P.257)(exh. in Paris only).

2004

  • The Unfinished Print, The Frick Collection, New York, 2004.

2014

  • Gauguin: Metamorphoses, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2014, no. 165.

Bibliography

1973

  • Field, Richard S. Paul Gauguin Monotypes. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1973.

1988

  • The Art of Paul Gauguin. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1988: no. 270 (as "Two Heads").

Wikidata ID

Q65511478

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