Two Tahitians Gathering Fruit [recto]

Paul Gauguin

1899/1900

Two Tahitians Gathering Fruit [recto] by Paul Gauguin

Medium

traced monotype, printed twice, in brown and ocher on wove paper

Dimensions

overall: 62.8 x 51.5 cm (24 3/4 x 20 1/4 in.)

Classification

Print

Department

CG-E

Museum

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Credit

Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon

Accession Number

1995.47.41.a

About the Artist

Paul Gauguin · 18481903

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 ...

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