Noa Noa (Fragrant), from the Noa Noa Suite - Paul Gauguin

"Noa Noa (Fragrant), from the Noa Noa Suite" by Paul Gauguin (1893/94)

Wood-block print in black ink, over traces of brown ink, with hand-applied blue, light blue, several greens, pink, orange, pale-orange, yellow, pale-red, and dark-gray watercolor, on ivory Japanese paper.

Commentary

Source: Art Institute of Chicago

"Noa Noa (Fragrant), from the Noa Noa Suite" by Paul Gauguin, 1893/94. Medium: Wood-block print in black ink, over traces of brown ink, with hand-applied blue, light blue, several greens, pink, orange, pale-orange, yellow, pale-red, and dark-gray watercolor, on ivory Japanese paper. This work is part of the source collection's Prints and Drawings collection. Clarence Buckingham Collection.

Commentary

Source: Art Institute of Chicago / Public Records

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

Commentary

Source: Art Institute of Chicago Collection Data

Technical Details Classification: woodcut. Medium: Wood-block print in black ink, over traces of brown ink, with hand-applied blue, light blue, several greens, pink, orange, pale-orange, yellow, pale-red, and dark-gray watercolor, on ivory Japanese paper. Dimensions: Image: 35.4 × 20.3 cm (13 15/16 × 8 in.); Sheet: 35.7 × 20.6 cm (14 1/16 × 8 1/8 in.). Subject tags: woodcut. View at the source collection: https://www.artic.edu/artworks/63019