Tahitian Eve (related to the painting Parau ne te varua ino) (recto); Fragment of Inscription (related to Cahier pour Aline) (verso)
1891/93
Medium
Pen and brownish-black ink (originally dark purple), over pen and brown ink (originally purple) (recto) and graphite (verso) on cream wove paper (discolored to tan) (removed from a sketchbook)
Dimensions
22.5 × 7.3 cm (8 7/8 × 2 7/8 in.)
Classification
drawings (visual works)
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
113440
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 ...