Maruru (Offerings of Gratitude), from the Noa Noa Suite

Provenance

Purchased by Pola Gauguin (1883-1961) in 1919 [acc. to Pola Gauguin in 'Galerie und Sammler']. Leicester Galleries, London (MM. Brown and Phillips) at least by 1927 (Guérin, 1927). Sold by Jean Goriany, New York, to the Art Institute, 1940.

Maruru (Offerings of Gratitude), from the Noa Noa Suite

Paul Gauguin

1893/1894

Accession Number

36838

Medium

End-grain boxwood block, with a commercially prepared gray ground, selectively inked in black printing ink

Dimensions

20.4 × 35.3 × 2.3 cm (8 1/16 × 13 15/16 × 15/16 in.)

Classification

woodblock

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Gift of the Print and Drawing Club