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Women, Animals, and Foliage, from the Suite of Late Wood-Block Prints - Paul Gauguin

Women, Animals, and Foliage, from the Suite of Late Wood-Block Prints - Paul Gauguin
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"Women, Animals, and Foliage, from the Suite of Late Wood-Block Prints" by Paul Gauguin (1898/99)

Wood-block print in black ink on thin ivory Japanese paper, partially laid down on thin white Japanese paper.

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Commentary

"Women, Animals, and Foliage, from the Suite of Late Wood-Block Prints" by Paul Gauguin, 1898/99. Medium: Wood-block print in black ink on thin ivory Japanese paper, partially laid down on thin white Japanese paper. This work is part of the source collection's Prints and Drawings collection. Prints and Drawings Purchase Fund.

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

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Technical Details Classification: woodcut. Medium: Wood-block print in black ink on thin ivory Japanese paper, partially laid down on thin white Japanese paper. Dimensions: Image: 16.3 × 30.5 cm (6 7/16 × 12 1/16 in.); Sheet: 22.8 × 30.5 cm (9 × 12 1/16 in.); Secondary support: 24.2 × 33.5 cm (9 9/16 × 13 1/4 in.). Subject tags: woodcut. View at the source collection: https://www.artic.edu/artworks/67028