Three People, a Mask, a Fox and a Bird, headpiece for Le sourire
Paul Gauguin
1899
Medium
Wood-block print in black ink on thin ivory laid Japanese paper
Dimensions
Image: 10 × 18.6 cm (3 15/16 × 7 3/8 in.); Sheet: 12.7 × 22.8 cm (5 × 9 in.)
Classification
woodcut
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
159088
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 ...