Tahitian Carrying Bananas, from the Suite of Late Wood-Block Prints
Paul Gauguin
1898/99
Medium
Wood-block print in black ink on thin ivory Japanese paper
Dimensions
Image: 16.2 × 28.5 cm (6 7/16 × 11 1/4 in.); Sheet: 21.1 × 30.4 cm (8 5/16 × 12 in.)
Classification
woodcut
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
109986
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 ...