Fox, Busts of Two Women, and a Rabbit, headpiece for Le sourire
1899/1900
Medium
Wood-block print in black ink on cream Japanese paper (recto); wood-block print in black ink over blue and green pencil on cream Japanese paper (verso)ck on cream wove paper
Dimensions
Image, recto: 10.5 × 18.5 cm (4 3/16 × 7 5/16 in.); Image, verso: 11 × 18.5 cm (4 3/8 × 7 5/16 in.); Sheet: 11.5 × 19.6 cm (4 9/16 × 7 3/4 in.)
Classification
woodcut
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
74752
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 ...