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Noa Noa by Paul Gauguin

Noa Noa

Paul Gauguin · 1868

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DETAILS
Artist
Paul Gauguin
Date
1868
Medium
Collotype with letterpress, in black on cream wove papers, folded, with collotype in black with red on ivory laid paper and envelope, contained within cream wove paper wrapper with collotype in black
Location
Art Institute of Chicago
Dimensions
Closed: 41.3 × 28.3 × 0.6 cm (16 5/16 × 11 3/16 × 1/4 in.); Open: 41.3 × 57 cm (16 5/16 × 22 1/2 in.)
Collection
Prints and Drawings
Culture
France
Credit line
Gift of Marjorie Kreilick McNab
ART MOVEMENTS
ImpressionismPost-ImpressionismSymbolism
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THE ARTIST

Paul Gauguin

1848–1903 · France

Paul Gauguin, the French Post-Impressionist, abandoned a stockbroker's life for art, famously seeking 'refuge from Western civilization' in Tahiti.

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Beyond Gauguin and Symbolism: works from the same years, and from the other movements Noa Noa belongs to.

The Beach at Sainte-Adresse Same movement · Impressionism The Beach at Sainte-Adresse Claude Monet · 1867 · Art Institute of Chicago Barks Fleeing Before the Storm Same era · 1850s–1880s Barks Fleeing Before the Storm Léon-Victor Dupré · 1870 · Art Institute of Chicago Gustave Boyer (b. 1840) in a Straw Hat Same movement · Post-Impressionism Gustave Boyer (b. 1840) in a Straw Hat Paul Cézanne · 1870 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art The Backgammon Players Same era · 1850s–1880s The Backgammon Players Philip Webb · 1861 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art The Banks of the Marne in Winter Same movement · Impressionism The Banks of the Marne in Winter Camille Pissarro · 1866 · Art Institute of Chicago Paris Street; Rainy Day Same era · 1850s–1880s Paris Street; Rainy Day Kawabata Gyokushō · 1877 · Art Institute of Chicago The Pink Dress (Albertie-Marguerite Carré, later Madame Ferdinand-Henri Himmes, 1854–1935) Same movement · Impressionism The Pink Dress (Albertie-Marguerite Carré, later Madame Ferdinand-Henri Himmes, 1854–1935) Berthe Morisot · 1870 · Metropolitan Museum of Art On the Bank of the Seine, Bennecourt Same era · 1850s–1880s On the Bank of the Seine, Bennecourt Claude Monet · 1868 · Art Institute of Chicago
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