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Auti te pape (Women at the River), from the Noa Noa Suite - Paul Gauguin

Auti te pape (Women at the River), from the Noa Noa Suite - Paul Gauguin
Albert Roullier Memorial Collection

"Auti te pape (Women at the River), from the Noa Noa Suite" by Paul Gauguin (1894)

Wood-block print in black ink, over stenciled dark-red ink and a yellow-ink tone block, on cream wove paper (an imitation Japanese vellum).

Commentary

Commentary

"Auti te pape (Women at the River), from the Noa Noa Suite" by Paul Gauguin, 1894. Medium: Wood-block print in black ink, over stenciled dark-red ink and a yellow-ink tone block, on cream wove paper (an imitation Japanese vellum). This work is part of the source collection's Prints and Drawings collection. Albert Roullier Memorial Collection.

Commentary

Paul Gauguin: Paul Gauguin (French, 1848-1903) printed in collaboration with Louis Roy (French, 1862-1907). Cultural context: France.

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Technical Details Classification: woodcut. Medium: Wood-block print in black ink, over stenciled dark-red ink and a yellow-ink tone block, on cream wove paper (an imitation Japanese vellum). Dimensions: Image: 20.7 × 35.8 cm (8 3/16 × 14 1/8 in.); Sheet: 24.6 × 39.5 cm (9 11/16 × 15 9/16 in.). Subject tags: woodcut. View at the source collection: https://www.artic.edu/artworks/27671