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Human Miseries, from the Volpini Suite

A work made of zincograph in reddish-brown on chrome yellow wove paper.
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  • A work made of zincograph in reddish-brown 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

Human Miseries, from the Volpini Suite

Place

France (Artist's nationality:)

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1889

Medium

Zincograph in reddish-brown on chrome yellow wove paper

Inscriptions

Signed recto, in plate, lower right, in image, in reddish-brown printing ink: "P Gauguin / 89 [in reverse]"; inscribed verso, lower left, in graphite: "43.1028 / R8013"

Dimensions

Image: 28.4 × 23.4 cm (11 3/16 × 9 1/4 in.); Plate: 29.3 × 23.5 cm (11 9/16 × 9 5/16 in.); Sheet: 49.8 × 65 cm (19 5/8 × 25 5/8 in.)

Credit Line

William McCallin McKee Memorial Endowment

Reference Number

1943.1028

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