Two figures in a landscape, drawn with simple lines filled in with washes of color. A color bar is on the right side.
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The central figure sits with their face in profile; black hair extends down their back and they wear a bluish green wrap with floral designs around their lower body. They hold their left hand, with exaggerated proportions, in front of their face. Another figure’s face is visible in the background, behind a hilly landscape and a tree. The drawn space occupies the center of the page, with discolored beige paper bordering on three sides and an illustration from another source pasted at the bottom. Separately, a color chart, used to confirm color accuracy in photography, is included at the right-hand side of the image.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.361
People
Paul Gauguin, French (Paris 1848 - 1903 Fatu-Iwa [Marquesas Islands])
Title
Terrible Words (Parau hano hano)
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1892
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/298015

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Watercolor over graphite on tan paper
Dimensions
15.7 x 21.9 cm (6 3/16 x 8 5/8 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.361
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • Re-View: S426A (Large Niche) HAA171x Exoticism and Orientalism, Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 02/05/2009 - 05/03/2009

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