Spirit of the Dead Watching (Manao Tupapau)
Paul Gauguin|André Marty
April–June 1894
Medium
Zincograph on wove paper
Dimensions
image: 7 3/16 x 10 11/16 in. (18.3 x 27.2 cm) sheet: 13 1/2 x 18 13/16 in. (34.3 x 47.8 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1922
Accession Number
22.82.1-53
Tags
DevilDeath
About the Artist
Paul Gauguin|André Marty · 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 ...