Artworks · Paul Gauguin

Le Sourire

1952 · Collotype and letterpress in black on various cream wove papers, contained within commercially printed cream textured paper wrapper

Closed: 40.6 × 29.3 × 15 cm (16 × 11 9/16 × 5 15/16 in.); Open: 40.6 × 59.3 cm (16 × 23 3/8 in.)

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Marehurehu: Between Day and Night (Marehurehu: Entre le Jour et la Nuit)

1925 · Book with facsimile woodcuts on cream wove paper

28.1 × 22.8 × 1.6 cm (11 1/8 × 9 × 11/16 in.)

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The Invocation

1903 · oil on canvas

overall: 65.5 × 75.6 cm (25 13/16 × 29 3/4 in.) framed: 95.89 × 105.73 × 8.26 cm (37 3/4 × 41 5/8 × 3 1/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Two Marquesans [verso]

1902 · pencil and crayon

sheet: 45.8 x 34.5 cm (18 1/16 x 13 9/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Two Marquesans [recto]

1902 · traced monotype in warm black retouched slightly with an olive pigment

sheet: 45.8 x 34.5 cm (18 1/16 x 13 9/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Père Paillard

1902 · painted miro wood

overall: 67.9 x 18 x 20.7 cm (26 3/4 x 7 1/16 x 8 1/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

The Rider

1902 · gouache monotype touched with gum or varnish on laid paper

sheet: 32.7 x 59.7 cm (12 7/8 x 23 1/2 in.)

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Angel, Peacock, and Three Tahitians

1902 · Transfer drawing in brown and black ink on cream Japanese paper

24.6 × 39.6 cm (9 11/16 × 15 5/8 in.)

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Seated Female (related to the painting Sister of Charity)

1902 · Transfer drawing in black ink on ivory wove paper

14.1 × 21.9 cm (5 9/16 × 8 5/8 in.)

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The Call

1902 · oil on fabric

Animal Studies

1901 · traced monotype in black and red on thin wove paper laid down on wove paper

National Gallery of Art

Polynesian Woman with Children

1901 · Oil on linen canvas

97 × 74 cm (38 3/16 × 29 1/8 in.); Framed: 111.2 × 88.3 × 5.8 cm (43 3/4 × 34 3/4 × 2 1/4 in.)

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Polynesian Woman with Children

1901 · Oil on linen canvas

97 × 74 cm (38 3/16 × 29 1/8 in.); Framed: 111.2 × 88.3 × 5.8 cm (43 3/4 × 34 3/4 × 2 1/4 in.)

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Two Women

1901 · Oil on canvas

Tahitian Shore [verso]

1900 · pencil, blue pencil and (brown wash?)

sheet: 33.2 x 51 cm (13 1/16 x 20 1/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Tahitian Shore [recto]

1900 · traced monotype in warm black and brown on off-white wove paper

sheet: 33.2 x 51 cm (13 1/16 x 20 1/16 in.)

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Two Women Chattering, headpiece for Le Sourire

1900 · Wood-block print in black ink on thin ivory laid Japanese paper

Image: 10.2 × 15.1 cm (4 1/16 × 6 in.); Sheet: 17.8 × 18.9 cm (7 1/16 × 7 1/2 in.)

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Man Carrying Bananas Followed by Two Horses, headpiece for Le sourire

1900 · Wood-block print printed twice in black ink on cream wove paper (an imitation Japanese vellum) (recto); wood-block print in black ink over orange ink tone block, on cream wove paper (an imitation Japanese vellum) (verso)

Image: 10.3 × 14.9 cm (4 1/16 × 5 7/8 in.); Sheet: 10.8 × 15.4 cm (4 5/16 × 6 1/8 in.)

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Woman with a Cat

1900 · Transfer drawing in brownish-black ink (recto); graphite and blue crayon pencil with brush and solvent washes in ocher on cream wove paper

46.5 × 61.5 cm (18 5/16 × 24 1/4 in.)

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Design for a Fan Featuring a Landscape and a Statue of the Goddess Hina

1900 · Watercolor and gouache, with touches of pen and black ink, over traces of graphite, on cream Japanese paper (pieced), laid down on cream wove paper

Primary and secondary supports: 20.8 × 41.7 cm (8 1/4 × 16 7/16 in.)

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Caricatures of Gauguin and Governor Gallet, with headpiece from Le sourire

1900 · Watercolor, with black colored pencil, and touches of pen and black ink, over a transfer drawing in black, and wood-block print in black ink with blue watercolor on cream wove paper

Sheet: 29.8 × 20.4 cm (11 3/4 × 8 1/16 in.); Headpiece: 9.8 × 16.4 cm (3 7/8 × 6 1/2 in.)

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Le sourire: Journal méchant, Feb. 1900

1900 · Mimeograph in brownish-black ink, with wood-block print in black ink, on cream wove paper

Full sheet: 37.4 × 50.9 cm (14 3/4 × 20 1/16 in.); Folded sheet: 37.4 × 25.6 cm (14 3/4 × 10 1/8 in.); Headpiece: 10.3 × 14.9 cm (4 1/16 × 5 7/8 in.)

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Le sourire: Journal méchant, Mar. 1900

1900 · Mimeograph in brownish-black ink, with wood-block print in black ink on cream wove paper

Full sheet: 31.8 × 50.5 cm (12 9/16 × 19 15/16 in.); Folded sheet: 31.8 × 25.3 cm (12 9/16 × 10 in.); Image: 26.5 × 16.5 cm (10 7/16 × 6 1/2 in.)

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Two Women Chattering, headpiece for Le Sourire

1900 · Wood-block print in black ink on thin ivory laid Japanese paper

Image: 10.2 × 15.1 cm (4 1/16 × 6 in.); Sheet: 15.1 × 22.9 cm (6 × 9 1/16 in.)

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Two Tahitians Gathering Fruit [recto]

1899 · traced monotype, printed twice, in brown and ocher on wove paper

overall: 62.8 x 51.5 cm (24 3/4 x 20 1/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Two Tahitians Gathering Fruit [verso]

1899 · graphite and blue colored pencil on wove paper

overall: 62.8 x 51.5 cm (24 3/4 x 20 1/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Three Tahitians (Study for "La soeur de charite")

1899 · traced monotype in black, squared in pencil on wove paper

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Title Page for "Le Sourire" (Titre du Sourire)

1899 · woodcut on Japan paper

image: 10.2 × 18.2 cm (4 × 7 3/16 in.) sheet: 15 × 22.8 cm (5 7/8 × 9 in.)

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Title Page for "Le Sourire" (Titre du Sourire)

1899 · woodcut on Japan paper

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Title Page for "Le Sourire" (Titre du Sourire)

1899 · woodcut on China paper

image: 10.1 × 18.3 cm (4 × 7 3/16 in.) sheet: 26.7 × 42.6 cm (10 1/2 × 16 3/4 in.)

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Title Page for "Le Sourire" (Titre du Sourire)

1899 · woodcut on Japan paper

image: 11.1 × 18.6 cm (4 3/8 × 7 5/16 in.) sheet: 14.9 × 22.8 cm (5 7/8 × 9 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Title Page for "Le Sourire" (Titre du Sourire)

1899 · woodcut on Japan paper

image: 10 × 18.7 cm (3 15/16 × 7 3/8 in.) sheet: 14.2 × 22.8 cm (5 9/16 × 9 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Two Title Pages for "Le Sourire" (Les deux titres du Sourire) [verso]

1899 · boxwood woodcut block

block: 18 × 20 × 2.54 cm (7 1/16 × 7 7/8 × 1 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Fox, Busts of Two Women, and a Rabbit, headpiece for Le sourire

1899 · Wood-block print in black ink on thin ivory Japanese paper, laid down on ivory Japanese paper

103 × 186 mm (image); 123 × 228 mm (ma×.) (sheet); 142 × 333 mm (secondary support)

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Tahitians, Flowers, and Leaves, headpiece for Le sourire

1899 · Wood-block print in black ink on cream wove paper

Image: 10.4 × 18.3 cm (4 1/8 × 7 1/4 in.); Sheet: 13.2 × 24 cm (5 1/4 × 9 1/2 in.)

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A Horse and Birds, headpiece for Le sourire

1899 · Wood-block print in black ink on mottled gray-blue wove paper, laid down on buff wove paper

Image: 14.2 × 22.1 cm (5 5/8 × 8 3/4 in.); Sheet: 16.8 × 24.5 cm (6 5/8 × 9 11/16 in.)

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Change of Residence, from the Suite of Late Wood-Block Prints

1899 · Wood-block print in black ink, with touches of red and black watercolor, on cream wove paper

162 × 305 mm (image), 165 × 305 mm (sheet)

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Three People, a Mask, a Fox and a Bird, headpiece for Le sourire

1899 · Wood-block print in black ink on thin ivory laid Japanese paper

Image: 10 × 18.6 cm (3 15/16 × 7 3/8 in.); Sheet: 12.7 × 22.8 cm (5 × 9 in.)

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Soyez amoureuses, vous serez heureuses (Love, and You Will Be Happy), from the Suite of Late Wood-Block Prints

1899 · Second-state impression laid down on first-state impression Wood-block print of second state in black ink on thin ivory Japanese paper, laid down on wood-block print of first state in yellow ocher ink with traces of black ink on grayish-ivory wove paper (recto); wood-block print in black and yellow ocher ink and oxidized linseed oil (est.) on grayish-ivory wove paper (partial offset impression of the second state) (verso)

164 × 276 mm (image), 165 × 276 mm (primary/secondary support)

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Horse, with Other Animals and Ornaments

1899 · Wood-block print in black ink on cream wove paper

Image and sheet: 23.5 × 25.3 cm (9 5/16 × 10 in.)

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Te atua (The God), from the Suite of Late Wood-Block Prints

1899 · Wood-block print in black and brown ink from two blocks on cream Japanese paper with cream fibrous inclusions throughout

Image: 24.4 × 22.7 cm (9 5/8 × 8 15/16 in.); Sheet, sight: 50 × 33.5 cm (19 11/16 × 13 1/4 in.)

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Soyez amoureuses, vous serez heureuses (Love, and You Will Be Happy), from the Suite of Late Wood-Block Prints

1899 · Wood-block print in dark-orange (burnt sienna) ink on cream wove paper

Image: 16.4 × 27.7 cm (6 1/2 × 10 15/16 in.); Sheet: 18.4 × 29.7 cm (7 1/4 × 11 3/4 in.)

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Tahitians, Flowers, and Leaves, headpiece for Le sourire

1899 · Wood-block print in black ink on thin ivory laid Japanese paper

104 × 183 mm (image), 123 × 215 mm (sheet)

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Fox, Busts of Two Women, and a Rabbit, headpiece for Le sourire

1899 · Wood-block print in black ink on cream Japanese paper (recto); wood-block print in black ink over blue and green pencil on cream Japanese paper (verso)ck on cream wove paper

Image, recto: 10.5 × 18.5 cm (4 3/16 × 7 5/16 in.); Image, verso: 11 × 18.5 cm (4 3/8 × 7 5/16 in.); Sheet: 11.5 × 19.6 cm (4 9/16 × 7 3/4 in.)

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Tahitian Woman, headpiece for Le sourire

1899 · Wood-block print in black ink on thin ivory laid Japanese paper

Image: 10.4 × 18.7 cm (4 1/8 × 7 3/8 in.); Sheet: 12 × 20.1 cm (4 3/4 × 7 15/16 in.)

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Le sourire: Journal sérieux, Oct. 13, 1899

1899 · Mimeograph in brownish-black ink, with wood-block prints in black ink on cream wove paper

Printed monogram: Diam.: 3.2 cm (1 5/16 in.); Sheet: 37.5 × 26 cm (14 13/16 × 10 1/4 in.); Title block: 2.4 × 9.4 cm (1 × 3 3/4 in.)

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Le sourire: Journal sérieux, Sept. 19, 1899

1899 · Mimeograph in brownish-black ink, with wood-block prints in black ink on cream wove paper

Printed monogram: Diam.: 3.2 cm (1 5/16 in.); Full sheet: 35 × 52 cm (13 13/16 × 20 1/2 in.); Folded sheet: 35 × 26.1 cm (13 13/16 × 10 5/16 in.); Title block: 2.4 × 9.4 cm (1 × 3 3/4 in.)

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Soyez amoureuses, vous serez heureuses (Love, and You Will be Happy), from the Suite of Late Wood-Block Prints

1899 · Second-state impression laid down on first-state impression Wood-block print of second state in black ink on thin ivory Japanese paper, laid down on wood-block print of first state in yellow ocher ink on grayish-ivory wove paper (recto); wood-block print in black and yellow ocher ink on grayish-ivory wove paper (partial offset impression of the second state) (verso)

Image: 16.2 × 27.5 cm (6 7/16 × 10 7/8 in.); Primary/secondary support: 16.3 × 27.5 cm (6 7/16 × 10 7/8 in.)

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