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Artist: Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) (30)

Printer: Pola Gauguin (1883 - 1961) (11)

Publisher: Hos Chr.Kato, Copenhagen (11) | Hos Chr.Kato. Kobenhaven (10)

Wood engraver: Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) (30)

Period: 19th century (9230)

Type: ink (2963)

Keywords
genre (380) | landscapes (1046) | nudes (1735) | women (1424)

Image sets with this image: Challenging Gauguin |Drawing on Art History |Object Study Room Visit

Nave Nave Fenua

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Artist
Paul Gauguin (1848-1903)

Printer
Pola Gauguin (1883 - 1961)

Publisher
Hos Chr.Kato, Copenhagen

Hos Chr.Kato. Kobenhaven

Wood engraver
Paul Gauguin (1848-1903)

Wood engraving

Width: 20.4 cm; Height: 33.4 cm;

Acquisition (source, method, date)
Courtauld, Samuel; bequest; 1948
G.1948.SC.182.6

About this work
This print is one of a suite of ten illustrations for Noa Noa, Gauguin’s romanticized account of his first visit to Tahiti in search of an unspoilt native society. Here, he sets the Creation myth in an exotic Tahitian landscape. A dark-skinned Eve, with a face resembling that of his mother, is tempted by a winged lizard. The dual nature of his work is apparent in the delicate balance between subtle suggestive lines, and bold, decorative marks gouged in the wood. (Permanent collection label)