Te Faruru (They are Making Love Here)

1894/1895

Paul Gauguin

Associated Names
Paul Gauguin

Artist, French, 1848 - 1903

The image contains fluid, swirling lines that form an abstract depiction. Near the center, a contour resembling a figure is outlined, with flowing lines suggesting long hair cascading from the head. Above the figure, an enigmatic symbol with a circular shape and a vertical stem is located. The text "TE FARURU" is inscribed in the upper right corner.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut in brown

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 35.8 x 20.5 cm (14 1/8 x 8 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1947.12.54

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Mongan et al. 1988, no. 15, State ii/vi

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1950

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

1988

  • The Art of Paul Gauguin, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1988, no. 171c.

2001

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

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. 171c.

Wikidata ID

Q65081667

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