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Paul Gauguin — Eve
Paul Gauguin

Eve

1898

Executed in Tahiti using primitive woodcutting techniques, this powerful image depicts the biblical Eve with Polynesian features, reflecting Gauguin's synthesis of Christian and indigenous mythologies.

Medium
woodcut

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Paul Gauguin, Eve, 1898

Executed in Tahiti using primitive woodcutting techniques, this powerful image depicts the biblical Eve with Polynesian features, reflecting Gauguin's synthesis of Christian and indigenous mythologies.

Medium
woodcut
Year
1898
Seen at
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Related themes

Brown, French, Symbolic, Expressive, Post-Impressionism, Early Modern, Woodcut, Nude, Mythological, Figurative

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Art Institute of Chicago, Cleveland Museum of Art, Harvard Art Museums