About This Artwork

Paul Gauguin (French, 1848-1903)
printed by Pola Gauguin (Danish, born France, 1883-1961)
published by Chr. Cato, Copenhagen

Mahna No Varua Ino (The Devil Speaks), from Noa Noa, 1893/94, printed and published in 1921

Woodcut, from the endgrain of a boxwood block, in black on ivory China paper
203 x 354 mm (image); 267 x 420 mm (sheet)
Monogrammed in image: "P G O"; inscribed lower left, in graphite: "Paul Gauguin fait"; lower right, in graphite: "Pola Gauguin imp."
The Joseph Brooks Fair Collection, 1924.1196

Kornfeld 19 IV/IV E; Guérin 95 only

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. 42 and 52, cat. 22 (ill.), cat. by Douglas Druick and Peter Zegers.

Publication History

Britt Salvesen, with Douglas W. Druick and Peter Kort Zegers, Gauguin (Chicago, 2001), pp. 93 and 110, no. 21a (ill.).

Ownership History

Sold by Thomas W. Schreiner, New York, to the Art Institute, 1924.