Martinique Pastorals, from the Volpini Suite: Dessins lithographiques
Paul Gauguin
1889
Medium
Zincograph on yellow wove paper; first edition
Dimensions
Image: 6 15/16 × 8 3/4 in. (17.6 × 22.2 cm) Sheet: 13 3/8 × 18 7/8 in. (34 × 48 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1922
Accession Number
22.82.2(5)
Tags
WomenGoatsTrees
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 ...