Parau No Te Varau Ino (left); Tahitian Legend (right)

c. 1890/1895

Paul Gauguin

Associated Names
Paul Gauguin

Artist, French, 1848 - 1903

The image shows two side-by-side sketches. On the left side, there is a full-body depiction of a standing figure looking slightly to the right with long, dark hair. The facial features are minimally detailed with a calm expression, one hand raised to the face, and the other resting on the abdomen. The background is lightly textured with another sketched figure beside the main subject. On the right side, two figures are shown. The foreground figure is seen from behind with curly hair, holding onto the side of a canoe in water. In the background, another figure sits in the canoe facing the water. The scenery suggests a water setting with small ripples and distant hills or land formations on the horizon.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink, gray wash, and black chalk on J. Whatman paper

  • Credit Line

    The Armand Hammer Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 25 x 33.9 cm (9 13/16 x 13 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1991.217.29


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Galerie Druet, Paris; sale, London, Sotheby's, April 24, 1963, no. 20; to Helen Serger Fine Arts; sale, London, Sotheby & Co., sold April 16, 1970, no. 49; Armand Hammer Collection, 1970; gift to NGA, 1991.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1969

  • Exhibited with the Armand Hammer collection from 1969, starting with Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.; except Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego, 1971; remained on long term loan to LACMA following 1983 show, & resumed with Leningrad, 1986.

Bibliography

1984

  • Robinson, Susan Barnes, ed. The French Impressionists in Southern California, Paintings, Sculptures and Prints in Public Collections. Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, 1984: 42.

Wikidata ID

Q64618954

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