Maruru (Offerings of Gratitude), from the Noa Noa Suite
Paul Gauguin
1893/1894
Medium
End-grain boxwood block, with a commercially prepared gray ground, selectively inked in black printing ink
Dimensions
20.4 × 35.3 × 2.3 cm (8 1/16 × 13 15/16 × 15/16 in.)
Classification
woodblock
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
36838
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 ...