Manao tupapau (She Thinks of the Ghost or The Ghost Thinks of Her), from L'estampe originale
Paul Gauguin
1893–94
Medium
Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 18 × 27.1 cm (7 1/8 × 10 11/16 in.); Sheet: 42.3 × 59.4 cm (16 11/16 × 23 7/16 in.)
Classification
lithograph
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
49853
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 ...