Le sourire: Journal méchant, Feb. 1900
1900
Medium
Mimeograph in brownish-black ink, with wood-block print in black ink, on cream wove paper
Dimensions
Full sheet: 37.4 × 50.9 cm (14 3/4 × 20 1/16 in.); Folded sheet: 37.4 × 25.6 cm (14 3/4 × 10 1/8 in.); Headpiece: 10.3 × 14.9 cm (4 1/16 × 5 7/8 in.)
Classification
woodcut
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
110829
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 ...