Manao Tupapau (She is Haunted by a Spirit)

1894

Paul Gauguin

Associated Names
Paul Gauguin

Artist, French, 1848 - 1903

The image shows a person lying on their stomach on a bed, with long dark hair flowing back. The person's face has a calm expression, eyes looking towards the viewer. Their unclothed body is in a reclining pose on the bed, with arms bent at the elbows. Decorative patterns with flower motifs are on the bedding. In the background, there are abstract shapes and three statue-like figures. The environment has a mix of light and dark shading. The image is signed by the creator, Paul Gauguin.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph (stone) in black

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 18.1 x 27.3 cm (7 1/8 x 10 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1947.7.59

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Mongan et al. 1988, no. 23, State only state (B)

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1953

  • Philadelphia Art Alliance, 1953.

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. 51.

1972

  • Lithography in the 19th Century: Selections from the National Gallery of Art, Rosenwald Collection, New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, 1972-1973, no. 16.

2000

  • Prints Abound: Paris in the 1890s, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2000-2001, no. 29, as Manao Tupapau (She is Haunted by a Spirit), from L'Estampe originale.

2011

  • Gauguin: Maker of Myth, NGA, 2011.

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.

2000

  • Prints Abound: Paris in the 1890s. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2000-2001: no. 29.

Wikidata ID

Q65081659

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