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Paul Gauguin — Noa Noa: Women at the River (Auti Te Pape)
Paul Gauguin

Noa Noa: Women at the River (Auti Te Pape)

1893

Carved during Gauguin's first Tahitian period, this woodcut from the famous Noa Noa series captures Polynesian women with rough-hewn textures that emphasize the artist's rejection of European refinement.

Medium
woodcut

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Paul Gauguin, Noa Noa: Women at the River (Auti Te Pape), 1893

Carved during Gauguin's first Tahitian period, this woodcut from the famous Noa Noa series captures Polynesian women with rough-hewn textures that emphasize the artist's rejection of European refinement.

Medium
woodcut
Year
1893
Seen at
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Related themes

French, Women, Figures, Figure, Primitive Art, Post-Impressionism, Water, Symbolism, Woodcut, Narrative, Tahitian, Earth Tones

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