Tahitian Shore [verso]

c. 1900

Paul Gauguin

Associated Names
Paul Gauguin

Artist, French, 1848 - 1903

This image depicts a landscape with rolling hills, treetops at the horizon, and a range of prominent hills in the background. The artwork uses loose brushstrokes to create an impressionistic scene with warm earthy tones of brown, green, and hints of blue. In the foreground, there are bush-like forms leading to a body of water with flowing lines. Larger land forms and hills extend into the background, framing the sky that has a faint wash of color and gentle cloud shapes.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pencil, blue pencil and (brown wash?)

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 33.2 x 51 cm (13 1/16 x 20 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1964.8.1795.b

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Field 1973, no. 72

Associated Artworks

The image shows a landscape with water leading towards a mountain range. The horizon is high, with loose, sketch-like brushstrokes creating a textured effect. The color palette is muted, dominated by sepia tones and blacks. The water is depicted with swirling lines, and mountains rise in the background. The sky is lightly sketched with clouds.

Tahitian Shore [recto]

Paul Gauguin

1900

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

2014

  • Gauguin: Metamorphoses, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2014, unnumbered catalogue.

Bibliography

1973

  • Field, Richard S. Paul Gauguin Monotypes. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1973.

Wikidata ID

Q65511476

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