Le sourire: Journal sérieux, Nov. 1899
1899
Medium
Mimeograph in brownish-black ink, with wood-block prints in black ink on cream wove paper
Dimensions
Printed monogram: Diam.: 3.2 cm (1 5/16 in.); Full sheet: 39.7 × 51.3 cm (15 11/16 × 20 1/4 in.); Folded sheet: 39.7 × 25.6 cm (15 11/16 × 10 1/8 in.); Title block: 2.4 × 9.4 cm (1 × 3 3/4 in.); Headpiece: 10.5 × 18.7 cm (4 3/16 × 7 3/8 in.)
Classification
woodcut
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
110840
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 ...