Minneapolis Institute of Art
Fragrant Scent
Paul GauguinLinkedCulture matchlcp-c9d40bb4a62c
- Date
- 1893–94
- Medium
- Woodcut in black ink with traces of red ink on Japan paper
- Department
- European Art
- Institution
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
- Object ID
- 7853
From the Minneapolis Institute of Art record
In 1893 Paul Gauguin returned to Paris from his first trip to Tahiti and exhibited his new paintings to a bewildered public. After the critics panned his show, Gauguin wrote Noa-Noa to explain his Tahitian works. The woodblock prints he included in the book were meant to be translations, rather than reproductions, of paintings, sculptures, and drawings he had created in Tahiti. France, Europe
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- Credit line
- Gift of Kenneth and Lillian Smith
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