Manao tupapau (She Thinks of the Ghost or The Ghost Thinks of Her), from L’estampe originale
Paul Gauguin
1894
Medium
Lithograph in black ink on ivory wove paper, discolored to light brown
Dimensions
42.3 × 55.5 cm (16 11/16 × 21 7/8 in.)
Classification
lithograph
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
159108
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 ...