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

"Auti te pape (Women at the River), from the Noa Noa Suite" by Paul Gauguin (1894) 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) printed in collaboration with Louis Roy (French, 1862-1907). 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 in black ink, over stenciled dark-red ink and a yellow-ink tone block, on cream wove paper (an imitation Japanese vellum)) affects texture, durability, and how detail reads at different distances. Its listed 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.)) 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/27671

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