Le sourire: Journal sérieux, Aug. 21, 1899
1899
Medium
Mimeograph in brownish-black ink with touches of pink watercolor, and wood-block print in ocher ink, on cream wove paper
Dimensions
Printed monogram: Diam.: 3.2 cm (1 5/16 in.); Full sheet: 38.3 × 49.7 cm (15 1/8 × 19 5/8 in.); Folded sheet: 38.3 × 25 cm (15 1/8 × 9 7/8 in.)
Classification
woodcut
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
110834
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 ...