Titre pour “Le Sourire”

Paul Gauguinca. 1900

Details

Title: Titre pour “Le Sourire”
Creator: Paul Gauguin
Date Created: ca. 1900
Signatures / Inscriptions: Signed with initials in pen and black ink: “PG”; numbered “23”
Print State: Third of three states
Object Type: Prints, works of art
Object Link: See this artwork on the Davison Art Center website
Object Credit Line: Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University. Friends of the Davison Art Center funds, 1999
Materials & Techniques: Woodcut on thin Japanese paper
Keywords: animals, exoticism, Imperialism, satire, South Pacific Ocean
Image Credit Line: Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
Edition: From an edition of 30 printed in Tahiti by the artist. These woodblocks were printed as the masthead for Gauguin’s newsletter “Le Sourire.” Gauguin first published “Le Sourire” in August 1899. His intention was to satirize smug European attitudes towards the indigenous people of Tahiti.
Dimensions: Image dimensions: 102 mm x 183 mm (4.02 in. x 7.2 in.).
Bibliography: Guérin 76; Morgan, Kornfeld, & Joachim no. 69, IIIA
Associated People: Created by Paul Gauguin (French, 1848-1903)
Accession Number: 1999.5.1

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