Man Carrying Bananas Followed by Two Horses, headpiece for Le sourire
1900
Medium
Wood-block print printed twice in black ink on cream wove paper (an imitation Japanese vellum) (recto); wood-block print in black ink over orange ink tone block, on cream wove paper (an imitation Japanese vellum) (verso)
Dimensions
Image: 10.3 × 14.9 cm (4 1/16 × 5 7/8 in.); Sheet: 10.8 × 15.4 cm (4 5/16 × 6 1/8 in.)
Classification
woodcut
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
159092
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 ...