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Les drames de la mer (Dramas of the Sea), from the Volpini Suite

A work made of zincograph in black on chrome yellow wove paper.
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  • A work made of zincograph in black on chrome yellow wove paper.

Date:

1889

Artist:

Paul Gauguin
French, 1848-1903

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Paul Gauguin

Title

Les drames de la mer (Dramas of the Sea), from the Volpini Suite

Place

France (Artist's nationality:)

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1889

Medium

Zincograph in black on chrome yellow wove paper

Inscriptions

Signed recto, in plate, lower left, below image, in black printing ink: "Les drames de la mer P Gauguin"; inscribed verso, lower left in graphite: "43.1024 / R8013"

Dimensions

Image: 17.9 × 27.4 cm (7 1/16 × 10 13/16 in.); Plate, approx: 19.7 × 29.2 cm (7 13/16 × 11 1/2 in.); Sheet: 50 × 64.9 cm (19 11/16 × 25 9/16 in.)

Credit Line

William McCallin McKee Memorial Endowment

Reference Number

1943.1024

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