Soyez amoureuses, vous serez heureuses (Love, and You Will be Happy), from the Suite of Late Wood-Block Prints
1899
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 on grayish-ivory wove paper (recto); wood-block print in black and yellow ocher ink on grayish-ivory wove paper (partial offset impression of the second state) (verso)
Dimensions
Image: 16.2 × 27.5 cm (6 7/16 × 10 7/8 in.); Primary/secondary support: 16.3 × 27.5 cm (6 7/16 × 10 7/8 in.)
Classification
woodcut
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
67026
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 ...