About This Artwork
Paul Gauguin
French, 1848-1903
Fragments of bodies, a decorative design and two crouching Tahitian women in a landscape related to Nafea Faaipoipo (When Will You Marry?)1892
Graphite and pen and brown ink, on cream wove paper, discolored to tan
248 x 199 mm
Gift of Edward McCormick Blair, 2002.233V
Prints and Drawings
Not on Display
Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories
Exhibition History
Auckland, New Zealand, Auckland City Art Gallery, "Paul Gauguin: Pages From the Pacific," August 4-October 15, 1995, pp. 38 and 50, cat. 12 (ill.), cat. by Douglas Druick and Peter Zegers.
The Art Institute of Chicago, "Intimate Encounters: Paul Gauguin and the South Pacific, The Edward McCormick Blair Collection," September 6, 2003-January 11, 2004, checklist 6.
Ownership History
Given by Edward McCormick Blair to the Art Institute, 2002.