X-radiograph(s) of "Poèmes Barbares"

Identification and Creation

Object Number: Straus.8492
People: Artist of original: Paul Gauguin, French (Paris 1848 - 1903 Fatu-Iwa [Marquesas Islands])
Title: X-radiograph(s) of "Poèmes Barbares"
Classification: Photographs
Work Type: x-radiograph, photograph
Date: March 27, 2013
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/348135

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, Alan Burroughs Collection of X-Radiographs
Object Number: Straus.8492
Contact: am_straus@harvard.edu
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Description: Technical Description: painting is oil on canvas, glue lined

X-Radiograph Settings: 4 films, overall image, 46" focal distance, 30 kV, 5 mA, 2 minute exposure

X-Radiograph(s) of:
Artist: Paul Gauguin
Title: Poèmes Barbares
Date: 1896
Owner: Harvard Art Museums
Object Number: 1951.49

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