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Paul Gauguin
French, 1848–1903
Manao Tupapau (Watched by the Spirits of the Dead)
Spring/Summer 1894

Image Caption

Paul Gauguin, Manao Tupapau (Watched by the Spirits of the Dead), Spring/Summer 1894, woodcut printed in yellow, orange, and black on beige wove paper. Clark Art Institute, gift of Jeffrey Shedd, 1981.152
Medium
woodcut printed in yellow, orange, and black on beige wove paper
Dimensions
image: 8 1/8 x 14 3/16 in. (20.6 x 36 cm); sheet: 9 13/16 x 15 3/4 in. (25 x 40 cm)
Object Number
1981.152
Acquisition
Gift of Jeffrey Shedd, 1981
Status
Off View

Select Bibliography

Marcel Guérin.. L'oeuvre gravé de Gauguin.. Paris: H. Floury.. 1927.. Mongan, Elizabeth, Eberhard W. Kornfeld, and Harold Joachim. Paul Gauguin: Catalogue Raisonné of his Prints. Bern: Galerie Kornfeld, 1988.

Provenance

Vincent Price Gallery (Sears, Roebuck and Co.), Chicago, by 1971; sale Sotheby’s, New York, 13 Nov. 1971, no. 258, sold to Jeffrey Shedd; Jeffrey Shedd (1971–81, given to the Clark); Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1981.