Manao tupapau (She Thinks of the Ghost or The Ghost Thinks of Her)
1894/95
Medium
Wood-block print in black ink with brush and stencil-applied red, orange, yellow, green, blue, violet, and brown watercolors on ivory Japanese paper, laid down on cream Japanese paper
Dimensions
Image: 22.7 × 52.2 cm (8 15/16 × 20 9/16 in.); Sheet: 23.2 × 57.2 cm (9 3/16 × 22 9/16 in.)
Classification
woodcut
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
55504
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 ...