Auti te pape (Women at the River), from the Noa Noa Suite

Prints and Drawings

1894

Paul Gauguin (French, 1848-1903)
printed in collaboration with Louis Roy (French, 1862-1907)

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Artist: Paul Gauguin
Title: Auti te pape (Women at the River), from the Noa Noa Suite
Origin: France
Date: 1894
Medium: Wood-block print in black ink, over stenciled dark-red ink and a yellow-ink tone block, on cream wove paper (an imitation Japanese vellum)
Inscriptions: Monogrammed lower left, in image: "P G O"
Dimensions: 207 × 358 mm (image); 246 × 395 mm (sheet)
Credit Line: Albert Roullier Memorial Collection
Reference Number: 1926.97

New York, Wildenstein and Company, “Paul Gauguin,” April 3-May 4, 1946, p. 72, cat. 70.
The Art Institute of Chicago, “Gauguin: Paintings, Drawings, Prints, Sculpture,” February 12-March 29, 1959, p. 85, cat. 162; traveled to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, April 21-May 31, 1959.
Munich, Haus der Kunst, “Paul Gauguin,” April 1-May 29, 1960, p. 33, cat. 184.
Vienna, Österreichische Galerie im Oberen Belvedere, “Paul Gauguin,” June 7-July 31, 1960, p. 44, cat. 80.
Kyoto, The National Museum of Modern Art, “Paul Gauguin,” October 5-November 7, 1969, cat. 77 (ill.); traveled to Tokyo, Grand Magasin Seibu, August 23-September 30, 1969 and Fukuoka, Cultural Center of Fukuoka Prefecture, November 13-December 7, 1969.
The Art Institute of Chicago, “Gauguin: Artist as Alchemist”, June 25 - September 10, 2017, pp. 16, 31, 35, 188, 196, 208, 211, cat. 142, cat. by Gloria Groom, et. al.

Fanny Lastblom [Kornfeld 1988 and inscription on back of print]. Given by Mrs. Albert Roullier and Alice Roullier (1883-1963), Chicago, to the Art Institute, 1926.

Guérin 35 II/II

Kornfeld 16 II/II, C

Schniewind 23 II/B, 2