Title Page for "Le Sourire" (Titre du Sourire)

1899

Paul Gauguin

Associated Names
Paul Gauguin

Artist, French, 1848 - 1903

The image features a collection of abstract shapes and lines that form a variety of figures. Wavy and curvilinear lines create a central form resembling an animal with an elongated neck and legs. To the left, abstract forms and textures suggest birds with curved beaks and rounded bodies. Text is included above these figures. On the right, another abstract bird form is present. The composition evokes an imaginative scene with animals, utilizing dynamic shapes.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut on Japan paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1950.16.73

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Mongan et al. 1988, no. 61, State only state (C)

Artwork history & notes

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

Q65363970

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