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Man Carrying Bananas Followed by Two Horses, headpiece for Le sourire

A work made of wood-block print printed twice in black ink on cream wove paper (an imitation japanese vellum) (recto); wood-block print in black ink over orange ink tone block, on cream wove paper (an imitation japanese vellum) (verso).
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  • A work made of wood-block print printed twice in black ink on cream wove paper (an imitation japanese vellum) (recto); wood-block print in black ink over orange ink tone block, on cream wove paper (an imitation japanese vellum) (verso).

Date:

1900

Artist:

Paul Gauguin
French, 1848-1903

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Status

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Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Paul Gauguin

Title

Man Carrying Bananas Followed by Two Horses, headpiece for Le sourire

Place

France (Artist's nationality:)

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1900

Medium

Wood-block print printed twice in black ink on cream wove paper (an imitation Japanese vellum) (recto); wood-block print in black ink over orange ink tone block, on cream wove paper (an imitation Japanese vellum) (verso)

Dimensions

Image: 10.3 × 14.9 cm (4 1/16 × 5 7/8 in.); Sheet: 10.8 × 15.4 cm (4 5/16 × 6 1/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Edward McCormick Blair

Reference Number

2002.248

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