Auti te pape (Women at the River), from the Noa Noa Suite
1893/94
Medium
Wood-block print, printed twice in pale orange and black ink, over transferred yellow, pink, orange, blue and green oil-based media, with traces of conifer resin (probably pine resin), on cream wove Japanese paper, laid down on cream wove Japanese paper
Dimensions
Image/primary/secondary support: 20.3 × 35.3 cm (8 × 13 15/16 in.)
Classification
woodcut
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
63064
About the Artist
Paul Gauguin · 1848–1903
Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) was a French Post-Impressionist painter whose bold experiments with color, form, and subject matter made him one of the most influential figures in the transition from 19th-century art to modernism. His rejection of European civilization for the perceived authenticity of 'primitive' cultures established an archetype of artistic exile that continues to resonate. Gauguin's ...