Le sourire: Journal méchant, Mar. 1900
1900
Medium
Mimeograph in brownish-black ink, with wood-block print in black ink on cream wove paper
Dimensions
Full sheet: 31.8 × 50.5 cm (12 9/16 × 19 15/16 in.); Folded sheet: 31.8 × 25.3 cm (12 9/16 × 10 in.); Image: 26.5 × 16.5 cm (10 7/16 × 6 1/2 in.)
Classification
woodcut
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
61345
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 ...