Te faruru (Here We Make Love), from the Noa Noa Suite - Paul Gauguin

"Te faruru (Here We Make Love), from the Noa Noa Suite" by Paul Gauguin (1893/94)

Wood-block print, printed twice in golden-brown and black inks, with selective wiping of the black ink, over a selectively inked yellow tone block, and transferred deep-yellow, red, and orange oil-based media, some containing beeswax and conifer resin (probably pine resin), with hand-applied dark yellow and brown gouache, on cream Japanese paper (previously mounted on mottled blue wove paper laid down on cream wove card [a presentation mount]).

Commentary

Source: Art Institute of Chicago

"Te faruru (Here We Make Love), from the Noa Noa Suite" by Paul Gauguin, 1893/94. Medium: Wood-block print, printed twice in golden-brown and black inks, with selective wiping of the black ink, over a selectively inked yellow tone block, and transferred deep-yellow, red, and orange oil-based media, some containing beeswax and conifer resin (probably pine resin), with hand-applied dark yellow and brown gouache, on cream Japanese paper (previously mounted on mottled blue wove paper laid down on cream wove card [a presentation mount]). 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, printed twice in golden-brown and black inks, with selective wiping of the black ink, over a selectively inked yellow tone block, and transferred deep-yellow, red, and orange oil-based media, some containing beeswax and conifer resin (probably pine resin), with hand-applied dark yellow and brown gouache, on cream Japanese paper (previously mounted on mottled blue wove paper laid down on cream wove card [a presentation mount]). Dimensions: Image/sheet: 35.7 × 20.5 cm (14 1/16 × 8 1/8 in.). Subject tags: woodcut. View at the source collection: https://www.artic.edu/artworks/68508