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Tahitian Woman, headpiece for Le sourire - Paul Gauguin

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Tahitian Woman, headpiece for Le sourire - Paul Gauguin
Clarence Buckingham Collection

"Tahitian Woman, headpiece for Le sourire" by Paul Gauguin (1899/1900)

Wood-block print in black ink on thin ivory laid Japanese paper.

Commentary

Commentary

Source: Art Institute of Chicago
"Tahitian Woman, headpiece for Le sourire" by Paul Gauguin, 1899/1900. Medium: Wood-block print in black ink on thin ivory laid Japanese 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.

Commentary

Source: Art Institute of Chicago Collection Data
Technical Details Classification: woodcut. Medium: Wood-block print in black ink on thin ivory laid Japanese paper. Dimensions: Image: 10.4 × 18.7 cm (4 1/8 × 7 3/8 in.); Sheet: 12 × 20.1 cm (4 3/4 × 7 15/16 in.). Subject tags: woodcut. View at the source collection: https://www.artic.edu/artworks/74761