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Manao tupapau (She Thinks of the Ghost or The Ghost Thinks of Her) - Paul Gauguin

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Manao tupapau (She Thinks of the Ghost or The Ghost Thinks of Her) - Paul Gauguin
John H. Wrenn Fund

"Manao tupapau (She Thinks of the Ghost or The Ghost Thinks of Her)" by Paul Gauguin (1894/95)

Wood-block print in black ink with brush and stencil-applied red, orange, yellow, green, blue, violet, and brown watercolors on ivory Japanese paper, laid down on cream Japanese paper.

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Source: Art Institute of Chicago
"Manao tupapau (She Thinks of the Ghost or The Ghost Thinks of Her)" by Paul Gauguin, 1894/95. Medium: Wood-block print in black ink with brush and stencil-applied red, orange, yellow, green, blue, violet, and brown watercolors on ivory Japanese paper, laid down on cream Japanese paper. This work is part of the source collection's Prints and Drawings collection. John H. Wrenn Fund.

Commentary

Source: Art Institute of Chicago / Public Records
Paul Gauguin: Paul Gauguin French, 1848-1903. Cultural context: France.

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Source: Art Institute of Chicago Collection Data
Technical Details Classification: woodcut. Medium: Wood-block print in black ink with brush and stencil-applied red, orange, yellow, green, blue, violet, and brown watercolors on ivory Japanese paper, laid down on cream Japanese paper. Dimensions: Image: 22.7 × 52.2 cm (8 15/16 × 20 9/16 in.); Sheet: 23.2 × 57.2 cm (9 3/16 × 22 9/16 in.). Subject tags: woodcut. View at the source collection: https://www.artic.edu/artworks/55504