Maruru (Offerings of Gratitude), from the Noa Noa Suite
1893/94
Medium
Wood-block print, printed twice in brown and black inks, with selective wiping of the brown, and hand-applied green, blue, two yellows, and pink watercolor on ivory wove Japanese paper laid down on cream laid Japanese paper (a laminate made by the artist)
Dimensions
Image: 20.4 × 35.5 cm (8 1/16 × 14 in.); Sheets: 20.7 × 35.8 cm (8 3/16 × 14 1/8 in.)
Classification
woodcut
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
63032
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 ...