Soyez amoureuses, vous serez heureuses (Love, and You Will Be Happy), from the Suite of Late Wood-Block Prints

Soyez amoureuses, vous serez heureuses (Love, and You Will Be Happy), from the Suite of Late Wood-Block Prints by Paul Gauguin

Medium

Second-state impression laid down on first-state impression Wood-block print of second state in black ink on thin ivory Japanese paper, laid down on wood-block print of first state in yellow ocher ink with traces of black ink on grayish-ivory wove paper (recto); wood-block print in black and yellow ocher ink and oxidized linseed oil (est.) on grayish-ivory wove paper (partial offset impression of the second state) (verso)

Dimensions

164 × 276 mm (image), 165 × 276 mm (primary/secondary support)

Classification

woodcut

Department

Prints and Drawings

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Accession Number

159091

About the Artist

Paul Gauguin · 18481903

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 ...

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