Fragrant Scent, 1893-1894
Paul Gauguinexpand_more
Woodcut in black ink with traces of red ink on Japan paperexpand_more
Gift of Kenneth and Lillian Smithexpand_more P.93.21.11
Not on Viewexpand_more
In 1893 Paul Gauguin returned to Paris from his first trip to Tahiti and exhibited his new paintings to a bewildered public. After the critics panned his show, Gauguin wrote Noa-Noa to explain his Tahitian works. The woodblock prints he included in the book were meant to be translations, rather than reproductions, of paintings, sculptures, and drawings he had created in Tahiti.
Details
- Title
- Fragrant Scent
- Artist Life
- 1848 - 1903
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- P.93.21.11
- Provenance
- Kenneth and Lillian Smith, Minnesota; bequethed to MIA, 1993.
- Catalogue Raisonne
- Kornfeld 13 III C; Guérin 16, 17
- Curator Approved
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