Mahna no varua ino (The Devil Speaks), from the Noa Noa Suite - Paul Gauguin

"Mahna no varua ino (The Devil Speaks), from the Noa Noa Suite" by Paul Gauguin (1893/94)

Wood-block print, printed twice in brown and black inks, over a yellow, silver-gray and brownish-orange ink tone block, and transferred yellow, green, red, and orange oil-based media, some containing beeswax and conifer resin (probably pine resin), on ivory Japanese paper, laid down on cream wove card.

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Source: Art Institute of Chicago

"Mahna no varua ino (The Devil Speaks), from the Noa Noa Suite" by Paul Gauguin, 1893/94. Medium: Wood-block print, printed twice in brown and black inks, over a yellow, silver-gray and brownish-orange ink tone block, and transferred yellow, green, red, and orange oil-based media, some containing beeswax and conifer resin (probably pine resin), on ivory Japanese paper, laid down on cream wove card. 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.

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Source: Art Institute of Chicago Collection Data

Technical Details Classification: woodcut. Medium: Wood-block print, printed twice in brown and black inks, over a yellow, silver-gray and brownish-orange ink tone block, and transferred yellow, green, red, and orange oil-based media, some containing beeswax and conifer resin (probably pine resin), on ivory Japanese paper, laid down on cream wove card. Dimensions: Image: 20.2 × 35.6 cm (8 × 14 1/16 in.); Sheet: 20.4 × 35.6 cm (8 1/16 × 14 1/16 in.). Subject tags: woodcut. View at the source collection: https://www.artic.edu/artworks/63061