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

Gift of Frank B. Hubachek

"Auti te pape (Women at the River), from the Noa Noa Suite" by Paul Gauguin (1893/94) Wood-block print, printed in reddish-brown and black ink on ivory wove paper (previously mounted on mottled blue wove paper laid down on cream wove card [a presentation mount]).

Commentary

"Auti te pape (Women at the River), from the Noa Noa Suite" by Paul Gauguin (1893/94) invites a close look at how form and feeling work together. Themes to notice include woodcut. This piece is held in the source collection's Prints and Drawings collection. Paul Gauguin is the artist behind this work. A useful anchor for reading the piece: Paul Gauguin French, 1848-1903. The work is cataloged within a France cultural context. How to look at this work: It is cataloged as woodcut, which gives a clue to how the museum frames the object. Its medium (Wood-block print, printed in reddish-brown and black ink on ivory wove paper (previously mounted on mottled blue wove paper laid down on cream wove card [a presentation mount])) affects texture, durability, and how detail reads at different distances. Its listed dimensions (Image: 20.4 × 34.8 cm (8 1/16 × 13 3/4 in.); Sheet: 20.7 × 34.8 cm (8 3/16 × 13 3/4 in.)) suggest how intimate or monumental it may feel in person. Subject cues from the catalog include woodcut. Compare this reading with the museum record at the source collection: https://www.artic.edu/artworks/109985

Sources: Art Institute of Chicago; Art Institute of Chicago / Public Records; Art Institute of Chicago Collection Data