At the Black Rocks (Aux roches noires)

in or after 1895

Paul Gauguin

Associated Names
Paul Gauguin

Artist, French, 1848 - 1903

The image shows an arrangement of flowing lines and curves outlining three human figure shapes in different positions. The central figure is seated with hands to their head, while the others are in relaxed postures. The image has a blend of solid and textured areas that resemble waves or fabric surrounding the figures.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 10.1 x 18.4 cm (4 x 7 1/4 in.)
    sheet: 13.1 x 23.8 cm (5 3/16 x 9 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1952.8.233

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Mongan et al. 1988, no. 52, State ii/iii

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1960

  • Paul Gauguin, 1848-1903, Österreichische Galerie im Oberen Belvedere, Vienna, 1960, no. 113.

1963

  • Renoir to Picasso 1914, Lowe Gallery of the University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, 1963, no. 62.

2001

  • "Gauguin's Nirvana: Painters at Le Pouldu 1889-90", Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, 2001.

  • Gauguin's Nirvana: Painter at Le Pouldu 1889-90, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, 2001, not reproduced in the catalogue.

2009

  • Becoming Gauguin: The Volpini Suite, 1889, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland; Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, 2009 - 2010, unnumbered catalogue.

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

Q65364017

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