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

"Auti te pape (Women at the River), from the Noa Noa Suite" by Paul Gauguin (1893/94)

Wood-block print, printed twice in pale orange and black ink, over transferred yellow, pink, orange, blue and green oil-based media, with traces of conifer resin (probably pine resin), on cream wove Japanese paper, laid down on cream wove Japanese paper.

Commentary

Source: Art Institute of Chicago

"Auti te pape (Women at the River), from the Noa Noa Suite" by Paul Gauguin, 1893/94. Medium: Wood-block print, printed twice in pale orange and black ink, over transferred yellow, pink, orange, blue and green oil-based media, with traces of conifer resin (probably pine resin), on cream wove Japanese paper, laid down on cream wove 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, printed twice in pale orange and black ink, over transferred yellow, pink, orange, blue and green oil-based media, with traces of conifer resin (probably pine resin), on cream wove Japanese paper, laid down on cream wove Japanese paper. Dimensions: Image/primary/secondary support: 20.3 × 35.3 cm (8 × 13 15/16 in.). Subject tags: woodcut. View at the source collection: https://www.artic.edu/artworks/63064