About This Artwork

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

Auti Te Pape (Women at the River), from Noa Noa, 1893-94, printed and published 1921

Woodcut on boxwood printed in black on light gray chine
205 x 355 mm (image); 266 x 417 mm (sheet)
Monogrammed lower left, in image: "P G O"; inscribed lower left, in margin, in graphite: "Paul Gauguin fait"; lower right, in margin, in graphite: "Pola Gauguin imp."
Albert Roullier Memorial Collection, 1926.96

Kornfeld 16 II/II , D; Guérin 96 II/II

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. 24 (ill.), cat. by Douglas Druick and Peter Zegers.

Publication History

Britt Salvesen, with Douglas W. Druick and Peter Kort Zegers, Gauguin (Chicago, 2001), pp. 94 and 110, no. 22a (ill.).

Ownership History

Given by Mrs. Albert Roullier and Alice Roullier, Chicago, to the Art Institute, 1926.