Te Po (The Long Night)

1894/1895

Paul Gauguin

Associated Names
Paul Gauguin

Artist, French, 1848 - 1903

The image displays fluid and curvilinear shapes with interweaving lines creating depth and movement. A large round shape resembling a sun or moon is at the top left with radiating lines. Below this form are abstract figures lying down and sitting, with simplified and elongated limbs and heads. Towards the lower right is a smaller flame-like shape. The scene suggests a night setting with shadows and dreamy figures at repose. The letters "TE PO" are inscribed into the figure.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut in bistre on cream paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1947.12.55

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Mongan et al. 1988, no. 21, State iii/iv

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1969

  • Gauguin and Exotic Art, University Gallery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 1969, no. 10.

1984

  • Graphic Survey Show, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., February 1984.

1988

  • The Art of Paul Gauguin, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1988, no. 168a.

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. 168a.

Wikidata ID

Q65081669

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