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Three People, a Mask, a Fox and a Bird, headpiece forLe sourire

A work made of wood-block print in black ink on ivory china paper.
CC0 Public Domain Designation

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  • A work made of wood-block print in black ink on ivory china paper.

Date:

1899, printed and published 1921

Artist:

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

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Paul Gauguin

Title

Three People, a Mask, a Fox and a Bird, headpiece forLe sourire

Place

France (Artist's nationality:)

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1899

Medium

Wood-block print in black ink on ivory China paper

Inscriptions

Signed lower left, in image: "P. Gauguin,"; lower left, in margin, in graphite: "Paul Gauguin fait," lower right, in margin, in graphite: "Pola Gauguin imp.,"

Dimensions

Image: 10.3 × 18.4 cm (4 1/16 × 7 1/4 in.); Sheet: 26.8 × 42.5 cm (10 9/16 × 16 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

The Joseph Brooks Fair Collection

Reference Number

1924.1194

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