Crouching Tahitian Woman (related to the painting Nafea faa ipoipo [When Will You Marry?])
Paul Gauguin
1891/93
![Crouching Tahitian Woman (related to the painting Nafea faa ipoipo [When Will You Marry?]) by Paul Gauguin](https://images.artheonmuseum.org/aic/thumb/crouching-tahitian-woman-related-to-the-painting-aic-51374.webp)
Medium
Pastel over charcoal, selectively stumped, on cream wove paper (discolored to tan), squared in black chalk on cream wove paper (discolored to tan)
Dimensions
55.5 × 48 cm (21 7/8 × 18 15/16 in.)
Classification
chalk
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
51374
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 ...