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Le sourire: Journal méchant, Feb. 1900

A work made of mimeograph in brownish-black ink, with wood-block print in black ink, on cream wove paper.
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  • A work made of mimeograph in brownish-black ink, with wood-block print in black ink, on cream wove paper.

Date:

1900

Artist:

Paul Gauguin
French, 1848-1903

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Paul Gauguin

Title

Le sourire: Journal méchant, Feb. 1900

Place

France (Artist's nationality:)

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1900

Medium

Mimeograph in brownish-black ink, with wood-block print in black ink, on cream wove paper

Inscriptions

Monogrammed lower left, in plate: "P G"

Dimensions

Full sheet: 37.4 × 50.9 cm (14 3/4 × 20 1/16 in.); Folded sheet: 37.4 × 25.6 cm (14 3/4 × 10 1/8 in.); Headpiece: 10.3 × 14.9 cm (4 1/16 × 5 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

Mr. and Mrs. Carter H. Harrison Collection

Reference Number

1948.418

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