Nave nave fenua (Delightful Land), from the Noa Noa Suite - Paul Gauguin

"Nave nave fenua (Delightful Land), from the Noa Noa Suite" by Paul Gauguin (1893/94)

Wood-block print in black ink, with hand-applied red, blue, green, yellow, red-orange, and silver-gray watercolor on tan wove paper.

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Source: Art Institute of Chicago

"Nave nave fenua (Delightful Land), from the Noa Noa Suite" by Paul Gauguin, 1893/94. Medium: Wood-block print in black ink, with hand-applied red, blue, green, yellow, red-orange, and silver-gray watercolor on tan wove 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.

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Source: Art Institute of Chicago Collection Data

Technical Details Classification: woodcut. Medium: Wood-block print in black ink, with hand-applied red, blue, green, yellow, red-orange, and silver-gray watercolor on tan wove paper. Dimensions: Image: 35.4 × 20 cm (13 15/16 × 7 7/8 in.); Sheet: 35.7 × 20.4 cm (14 1/16 × 8 1/16 in.). Subject tags: woodcut. View at the source collection: https://www.artic.edu/artworks/63049