Paul Gauguin
Seated Tahitian Woman (recto), Sketches of Roosters and Chickens (verso)
1891
Among Gauguin's earliest drawings from Tahiti, this double-sided sketch reveals his immediate fascination with local people and animals, serving as source material for future paintings and prints.
- Medium
- Black fabricated chalk, selectively blended, with touches of brush and gray gouache, over traces of black fabricated chalk offset (recto); graphite (verso); on ivory wove paper (removed from a sketchbook)
- Dimensions
- Spotted At
- Museum · Art Institute of Chicago
Spotted works by Paul Gauguin
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