Maruru (Offerings of Gratitude), from the Noa Noa Suite
Place
France (Artist's nationality:)
Date
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Wood-block print in black ink on grayish-ivory China paper
Inscriptions
Monogrammed lower right, in image: "P G O"; inscribed lower left, in margin, in graphite: "Paul Gauguin fait"; lower right, in margin, in graphite: "Pola Gauguin imp."
Dimensions
205 × 356 mm (image); 272 × 422 mm (sheet) (sheet)
Credit Line
The Joseph Brooks Fair Collection
Reference Number
1924.1200
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Houston, Contemporary Arts Museum, Shadow and Substance: The Shadow Theater of Montmartre and Modern Art, exh. cat. (Contemporary Arts Museum, 1956) n.pag., no cat no.
Douglas Druick and Peter Zegers, Paul Gauguin: Pages from the Pacific, exh. cat. (Auckland City Art Gallery/Art Institute of Chicago, 1995), pp. 41, 52, cat. 19 (ill.).
Britt Salvesen, Gauguin, in association with Douglas W. Druick and Peter Kort Zegers, Artists in Focus (Art Institute of Chicago/Abrams, 2001), pp. 92, 109, no. 20a (ill.).
Art Institute of Chicago, Intimate Encounters: Paul Gauguin and the South Pacific; The Edward McCormick Blair Collection, exhibition brochure (Art Institute of Chicago, 2003), not in cat.
Houston, Contemporary Arts Museum, Shadow and Substance: The Shadow Theater of Montmartre and Modern Art, Mar. 3–Apr. 1, 1956, no cat. no.
Auckland, New Zealand, Auckland City Art Gallery, “Paul Gauguin: Pages From the Pacific,” August 4-October 15, 1995, pp. 41 and 52, cat. 19 (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.
Sold by Thomas W. Schreiner, New York, to the Art Institute, 1924.
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