Sketch of Maori Woman and Child

Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.

Quick Overview

Artist: Paul Gauguin / French, 1848-1903
Date: 1891/93
Medium: Pen and brown ink (originally purple), with touches of graphite on cream wove irregularly shaped paper, discolored to tan (removed from a sketchbook)
Dimensions: 16.3 × 4.3 cm (6 7/16 × 1 3/4 in.)
Type: Drawing
Classification: pen and ink drawings
Place: France
Department: Prints and Drawings
Credit line: Gift of Edward McCormick Blair
Accession no.: 2002.234R

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