la Orana Maria
1894–95
Medium
Zincograph printed on imitation Japanese paper, published in L'Epreuve, March 1895
Dimensions
10 1/8 x 7 in. (25.7 x 17.8 cm): image 14 1/4 x 10 5/8 in. (36.2 x 27 cm): paper
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1962
Accession Number
62.501.1
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About the Artist
Paul Gauguin|L'Epreuve · 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 ...