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'Two Marquesans', 1902. Heads of two women from the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia, in the Pacific Ocean. These two heads are closely related to a late painting of Gauguin's entitled 'Les Amants'. The composition is derived from sketches that he had made of Delacroix's 'Naufrage de Don Juan'. In 1891 Gauguin left France for Tahiti and the Marquesas, having abandoned his family, his job as a stockbroker, and what he called 'the disease of civilization'. Forced to experiment through lack of traditional printing facilities on these islands, he devised the technique of the traced monotype. The textural effects of these 'printed drawings' have been much employed by later artists who have appreciated the way that the ink is irregularly picked up by the pressure on the back of the sheet so as to give a mottled line. PD, 1968-2-10-31
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'Two Marquesans', 1902. Heads of two women from the Marquesas Islands, French Po...

Jeune creole - Young creole,1891 Canvas, 36 x 30 cm MNPL 165
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Jeune creole - Young creole,1891 Canvas, 36 x 30 cm MNPL 165

Noa Noa (Fragrant, Fragrant), 1894/1895. Woodcut, printed in color composition.
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Noa Noa (Fragrant, Fragrant), 1894/1895. Woodcut, printed in color composition.

Still-life with horse's head Oil on canvas, 1886
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Still-life with horse's head Oil on canvas, 1886

Man with axe Oil on canvas, 1891
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Man with axe Oil on canvas, 1891

Fatata te miti, 1892 Canvas, 67,9 x 91,5 cm 1963.10.148.
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Fatata te miti, 1892 Canvas, 67,9 x 91,5 cm...

Fete Gloanec,Brittany. Canvas
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Fete Gloanec,Brittany. Canvas

Anna the Javanese Oil on canvas, 1893
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Anna the Javanese Oil on canvas, 1893

Harvest. Canvas
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Harvest. Canvas

In the garden. Arles,1888. Canvas
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In the garden. Arles,1888. Canvas

Aven running through Pont-Aven Oil on canvas, 1888
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Aven running through Pont-Aven Oil on canvas, 1888

Le sorcier d'hiva oa dit aussi le Marquisien a la cape rouge (The magician of Hiva oa or the Marquisian man with the red cape) Oil on canvas, 1902. 92 x 73 cm W 616
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Le sorcier d'hiva oa dit aussi le Marquisien a la cape rouge (The magician of H...