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Maruru (Offerings of Gratitude), from the Noa Noa Suite
Paul Gauguin
Wood-block print, printed twice in yellow ocher and black inks, over a yellow ink tone block, and transferred golden-yellow, green, and orange oil-based media, some containing beeswax and conifer resin (probably pine resin), with brush and black ink and diluted yellow printing ink, on cream Japanese paper · 1893
Art Institute of Chicago

Parau Hina Tefatou (Words between Goddess of the Moon and God of the Earth)
Paul Gauguin
Brush and gray wash and pen and brown ink (originally purple, est.), with black fabricated chalk, on heavily textured ivory wove paper · 1893
Art Institute of Chicago

Manao tupapau (She Thinks of the Ghost or The Ghost Thinks of Her), from L'estampe originale
Paul Gauguin
Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper · 1893
Art Institute of Chicago

Te atua (The God), from the Noa Noa Suite
Paul Gauguin
Wood-block print, printed twice in orange and brown inks, over residual black ink, with wiping and touches of hand-applied black ink, on thin, pale-pink wove paper (faded to tan) · 1893
Art Institute of Chicago

Manao tupapau (She Thinks of the Ghost or The Ghost Thinks of Her), from the Noa Noa Suite
Paul Gauguin
Wood-block print, printed three times in reddish-brown, black, and light black ink, with touches of brush and black gouache and silver-gray watercolor (altered from black), on ivory laid Japanese paper, laid down on ivory wove Japanese paper (a laminate made by the artist) · 1893
Art Institute of Chicago

Auti te pape (Women at the River), from the Noa Noa Suite
Paul Gauguin
Wood-block print, printed in reddish-brown and black ink on ivory wove paper (previously mounted on mottled blue wove paper laid down on cream wove card [a presentation mount]) · 1893
Art Institute of Chicago

Te faruru (Here We Make Love), from the Noa Noa Suite
Paul Gauguin
Wood-block print, printed twice in golden-brown and black inks, with selective wiping of the black ink, over a selectively inked yellow tone block, and transferred deep-yellow, red, and orange oil-based media, some containing beeswax and conifer resin (probably pine resin), with hand-applied dark yellow and brown gouache, on cream Japanese paper (previously mounted on mottled blue wove paper laid down on cream wove card [a presentation mount]) · 1893
Art Institute of Chicago

Maruru (Offerings of Gratitude), from the Noa Noa Suite
Paul Gauguin
Wood-block print, printed twice in yellow ocher and black inks, with selective wiping of the black ink, over a yellow ink tone block, transferred golden-yellow, green, and red-orange, and stenciled red oil-based media, some containing beeswax and conifer resin (probably pine resin), on cream wove paper · 1893
Art Institute of Chicago

Nave nave fenua (Delightful Land), from the Noa Noa Suite
Paul Gauguin
Wood-block print in black ink, with hand-applied red, blue, green, yellow, red-orange, and silver-gray watercolor on tan wove paper · 1893
Art Institute of Chicago

Te atua (The God) from the Noa Noa Suite
Paul Gauguin
Wood-block print, printed twice in yellow ocher and black inks, over yellow ink tone block, and transferred golden-yellow, green, red-orange, and red oil-based media, some containing beeswax and conifer resin (probably pine resin), on cream Japanese paper · 1893
Art Institute of Chicago

Mahna no varua ino (The Devil Speaks), from the Noa Noa Suite
Paul Gauguin
Wood-block print, printed twice in brown and black inks, over a yellow, silver-gray and brownish-orange ink tone block, and transferred yellow, green, red, and orange oil-based media, some containing beeswax and conifer resin (probably pine resin), on ivory Japanese paper, laid down on cream wove card · 1893
Art Institute of Chicago

Auti te pape (Women at the River), from the Noa Noa Suite
Paul Gauguin
Wood-block print, printed twice in pale orange and black ink, over transferred yellow, pink, orange, blue and green oil-based media, with traces of conifer resin (probably pine resin), on cream wove Japanese paper, laid down on cream wove Japanese paper · 1893
Art Institute of Chicago

Maruru (Offerings of Gratitude), from the Noa Noa Suite
Paul Gauguin
Wood-block print, printed twice in brown and black inks, with selective wiping of the brown, and hand-applied green, blue, two yellows, and pink watercolor on ivory wove Japanese paper laid down on cream laid Japanese paper (a laminate made by the artist) · 1893
Art Institute of Chicago

L’univers est créé (The Universe Is Being Created), from the Noa Noa Suite
Paul Gauguin
Wood-block print, printed twice in black and brown inks, with selective wiping, and hand-applied orange, yellow, red, two tones of green, two tones of blue, silver-gray and black watercolor, on cream wove Japanese paper laid down on cream laid Japanese paper (a laminate made by the artist) · 1893
Art Institute of Chicago

L’univers est créé (The Universe Is Being Created), from the Noa Noa Suite
Paul Gauguin
Wood-block print, printed in black ink with traces of residual brown ink, with selective wiping, over solvent-thinned and transferred and stenciled yellow, orange, red, blue, and green oil-based media, some containing beeswax and conifer resin (probably pine resin), with touches of brush and black ink, on medium-weight, smooth, pink wove paper (faded to tan) · 1893
Art Institute of Chicago

Te po (The Night) from the Noa Noa Suite
Paul Gauguin
Wood-block print, printed twice in brown and black inks, with selective wiping, and hand-applied red, two tones of orange, yellow, two tones of blue, silver-gray, and black watercolor, on cream laid Japanese paper laid down on cream wove Japanese paper (a laminate made by the artist) · 1893
Art Institute of Chicago

Noa Noa (Fragrant), from the Noa Noa Suite
Paul Gauguin
Wood-block print in black ink, over traces of brown ink, with hand-applied blue, light blue, several greens, pink, orange, pale-orange, yellow, pale-red, and dark-gray watercolor, on ivory Japanese paper · 1893
Art Institute of Chicago

Noa Noa (Fragrant), from the Noa Noa Suite
Paul Gauguin
Wood-block print in black ink, with touches of reddish-brown watercolor and black ink, over yellow ink tone block and transferred golden-yellow, orange, and green oil-based media, some containing beeswax and conifer resin (probably pine resin), on cream Japanese paper, laid down on heavy cream wove card · 1893
Art Institute of Chicago

Manau tupapau (She Thinks of the Ghost or The Ghost Thinks of Her), from the Noa Noa Suite
Paul Gauguin
Wood-block print, printed twice in brown and black inks, with selective wiping, and a transferred twill impression, on pale-pink wove paper (faded to tan) · 1893
Art Institute of Chicago

Nave nave fenua (Delightful Land), from the Noa Noa Suite
Paul Gauguin
Wood-block print in residual brown and black inks, with selective wiping, a transferred twill impression, and touches of hand-applied dark brown ink, on thin, pale-pink wove paper (faded to tan) · 1893
Art Institute of Chicago

Te atua (The God), from the Noa Noa Suite
Paul Gauguin
Wood-block print in black ink on tan wove paper · 1893
Art Institute of Chicago

Maruru (Offerings of Gratitude), from the Noa Noa Suite
Paul Gauguin
Wood-block print, printed in black ink on cream wove paper · 1893
Art Institute of Chicago

Noa Noa (Fragrant), from the Noa Noa Suite
Paul Gauguin
Wood-block print in black, with a transferred twill impression, on tan wove paper · 1893
Art Institute of Chicago

Maruru (Offerings of Gratitude), from the Noa Noa Suite
Paul Gauguin
End-grain boxwood block, with a commercially prepared gray ground, selectively inked in black printing ink · 1893
Art Institute of Chicago