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, touches of brush and red and green watercolors, and traces of brush and black ink, on pale-pink wove paper (faded to tan)
Dimensions
356 × 202 mm (image), 359 ×206 mm (sheet)
Classification
woodcut
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
63028
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 ...