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Te faruru (Here We Make Love), from the Noa Noa Suite - Paul Gauguin

Te faruru (Here We Make Love), from the Noa Noa Suite - Paul Gauguin
The Joseph Brooks Fair Collection

"Te faruru (Here We Make Love), from the Noa Noa Suite" by Paul Gauguin (1893–94)

Wood-block print, printed twice in brown and black inks, with selective wiping, and a transferred twill impression, on cream wove Japanese paper, laid down on cream laid Japanese paper (a laminate made by the artist).

Commentary

Commentary

"Te faruru (Here We Make Love), from the Noa Noa Suite" by Paul Gauguin, 1893–94. Medium: Wood-block print, printed twice in brown and black inks, with selective wiping, and a transferred twill impression, on cream wove Japanese paper, laid down on cream laid Japanese paper (a laminate made by the artist). This work is part of the source collection's Prints and Drawings collection. The Joseph Brooks Fair Collection.

Commentary

Paul Gauguin: Paul Gauguin French, 1848-1903. Cultural context: France.

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Technical Details Classification: woodcut. Medium: Wood-block print, printed twice in brown and black inks, with selective wiping, and a transferred twill impression, on cream wove Japanese paper, laid down on cream laid Japanese paper (a laminate made by the artist). Dimensions: Image: 35.5 × 20.2 cm (14 × 8 in.); 35.6 × 20.4 cm (14 1/16 × 8 1/16 in.). Subject tags: woodcut. View at the source collection: https://www.artic.edu/artworks/39644