Te faruru (Here We Make Love), from the Noa Noa Suite
1893–94
Medium
Wood-block print, printed twice in brown and black inks, with selective wiping, and a transferred twill impression, on cream wove Japanese paper, laid down on cream laid Japanese paper (a laminate made by the artist)
Dimensions
Image: 35.5 × 20.2 cm (14 × 8 in.); 35.6 × 20.4 cm (14 1/16 × 8 1/16 in.)
Classification
woodcut
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
39644
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 ...