Polynesian Woman with Children

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Polynesian Woman with Children

Paul Gauguin (French, 1848–1903)LinkedCulture matchlcp-3ef41a0a155c

Date
1901
Medium
Oil on linen canvas
Culture
France
Department
Painting and Sculpture of Europe
Institution
Art Institute of Chicago
Object ID
34461

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The three figures in this work have never been identified. Their familial pose and other details, such as the woman’s gold ring and the red mark on the girl’s hand, invite speculation as to their relationship to each other and to the artist. Technical analysis has revealed that Paul Gauguin reworked the position of the woman’s hands to align diagonally with those of the young girl standing behind her. Together, they form an upward axis reinforced by the cat, also a later addition.

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Helen Birch Bartlett Memorial Collection
Provenance
Ambroise Vollard [according to Meyer-Riefstahl 1910-1911, it was lent by him to Dresden 1910 and Munich 1910]. Moderne Galerie Heinrich Thannhauser, Munich, by 1927 [included in Berlin 1927]; purchased by Frederic C. Bartlett, Chicago, February 1927 from Berlin 1927 [according to a letter from Frederic C. Bartlett to Heinrich Thannhauser dated May 21, 1927, Art Institute archives, copy in curatorial file]; given to the Art Institute, 1927.

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Object type
AAT300033618

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