Three People, a Mask, a Fox and a Bird, headpiece forLe sourire
Paul Gauguin
1899, printed and published 1921
Medium
Wood-block print in black ink on ivory China paper
Dimensions
Image: 10.3 × 18.4 cm (4 1/16 × 7 1/4 in.); Sheet: 26.8 × 42.5 cm (10 9/16 × 16 3/4 in.)
Classification
woodcut
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
20434
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 ...