A Maori Woman in a Forest; Manao Tupapau (She is Haunted by a Spirit)

1894/1895

Paul Gauguin

Associated Names
Paul Gauguin

Artist, French, 1848 - 1903

The image depicts a surreal landscape with abstract figures. It shows a dark, woodcut-style depiction of natural elements combined with abstract human figures. A pattern of organic shapes resembling a river or body of water flows on the left side. Branches and trees stretch across the top. Abstract human-like figures are seen on the right, with one figure reclining and raising a hand to the head. The composition suggests an interaction between the natural and abstract, rendered in a monochrome palette, likely in ink or charcoal.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut in black [trial proof]

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1953.6.66

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Mongan et al. 1988, no. 30, State only state (2b)

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

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. 67.

1987

  • Graphic Survey Show, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., November 1987.

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

Q65364030

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