Maruru (Offerings of Gratitude), from the Noa Noa Suite
1893/94
Medium
Wood-block print, printed twice in yellow ocher and black inks, with selective wiping of the black ink, over a yellow ink tone block, transferred golden-yellow, green, and red-orange, and stenciled red oil-based media, some containing beeswax and conifer resin (probably pine resin), on cream wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 20.4 × 35.6 cm (8 1/16 × 14 1/16 in.); Sheet: 26.4 × 50.2 cm (10 7/16 × 19 13/16 in.)
Classification
woodcut
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
72633
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 ...