Sketch of Maori Woman and Child
1891/93
Medium
Pen and brown ink (originally purple), with touches of graphite on cream wove irregularly shaped paper, discolored to tan (removed from a sketchbook)
Dimensions
16.3 × 4.3 cm (6 7/16 × 1 3/4 in.)
Classification
pen and ink drawings
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
159079
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 ...