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Old Women of Arles, from the Volpini Suite

A work made of zincograph in black on ivory wove paper (an imitation japanese vellum).
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  • A work made of zincograph in black on ivory wove paper (an imitation japanese vellum).

Date:

1889, printed after 1911

Artist:

Paul Gauguin (French, 1848-1903)
published by Ambroise Vollard (French, 1867-1939)

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Paul Gauguin

Title

Old Women of Arles, from the Volpini Suite

Place

France (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1889

Medium

Zincograph in black on ivory wove paper (an imitation Japanese vellum)

Inscriptions

Signed recto, in plate, lower left, in image, in black printing ink: "P Gauguin"; inscribed verso, lower center, in graphite: "5120"; inscribed lower right, in graphite: "Mmt"

Dimensions

Image: 19.4 × 21 cm (7 11/16 × 8 5/16 in.); Sheet: 32.2 × 47.1 cm (12 11/16 × 18 9/16 in.)

Credit Line

William McCallin McKee Memorial Endowment

Reference Number

1935.45

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