Soyez amoureuses, vous serez heureuses (Love, and You Will be Happy), from the Suite of Late Wood-Block Prints - Paul Gauguin

"Soyez amoureuses, vous serez heureuses (Love, and You Will be Happy), from the Suite of Late Wood-Block Prints" by Paul Gauguin (1899)

Second-state impression laid down on first-state impression Wood-block print of second state in black ink on thin ivory Japanese paper, laid down on wood-block print of first state in yellow ocher ink on grayish-ivory wove paper (recto); wood-block print in black and yellow ocher ink on grayish-ivory wove paper (partial offset impression of the second state) (verso).

Commentary

Source: Art Institute of Chicago

"Soyez amoureuses, vous serez heureuses (Love, and You Will be Happy), from the Suite of Late Wood-Block Prints" by Paul Gauguin, 1899. Medium: Second-state impression laid down on first-state impression Wood-block print of second state in black ink on thin ivory Japanese paper, laid down on wood-block print of first state in yellow ocher ink on grayish-ivory wove paper (recto); wood-block print in black and yellow ocher ink on grayish-ivory wove paper (partial offset impression of the second state) (verso). This work is part of the source collection's Prints and Drawings collection. The Joseph Brooks Fair 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: Second-state impression laid down on first-state impression Wood-block print of second state in black ink on thin ivory Japanese paper, laid down on wood-block print of first state in yellow ocher ink on grayish-ivory wove paper (recto); wood-block print in black and yellow ocher ink on grayish-ivory wove paper (partial offset impression of the second state) (verso). Dimensions: Image: 16.2 × 27.5 cm (6 7/16 × 10 7/8 in.); Primary/secondary support: 16.3 × 27.5 cm (6 7/16 × 10 7/8 in.). Subject tags: woodcut. View at the source collection: https://www.artic.edu/artworks/67026