Caricatures of Gauguin and Governor Gallet, with headpiece from Le sourire - Paul Gauguin

"Caricatures of Gauguin and Governor Gallet, with headpiece from Le sourire" by Paul Gauguin (1900)

Watercolor, with black colored pencil, and touches of pen and black ink, over a transfer drawing in black, and wood-block print in black ink with blue watercolor on cream wove paper.

Commentary

Source: Art Institute of Chicago

"Caricatures of Gauguin and Governor Gallet, with headpiece from Le sourire" by Paul Gauguin, 1900. Medium: Watercolor, with black colored pencil, and touches of pen and black ink, over a transfer drawing in black, and wood-block print in black ink with blue watercolor on cream wove paper. This work is part of the source collection's Prints and Drawings collection. Gift of Walter S. Brewster.

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: Watercolor, with black colored pencil, and touches of pen and black ink, over a transfer drawing in black, and wood-block print in black ink with blue watercolor on cream wove paper. Dimensions: Sheet: 29.8 × 20.4 cm (11 3/4 × 8 1/16 in.); Headpiece: 9.8 × 16.4 cm (3 7/8 × 6 1/2 in.). Subject tags: woodcut. View at the source collection: https://www.artic.edu/artworks/66094