Bust of a Tahitian Woman

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

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Artist: Paul Gauguin / French, 1848-1903
Date: 1894
Medium: Watercolor monotype on ivory Japanese paper, discolored to tan, laid down on tan wove paper
Dimensions: Primary support: 24.2 × 20 cm (9 9/16 × 7 7/8 in.); Secondary support: 35.3 × 26.2 cm (13 15/16 × 10 3/8 in.)
Type: Drawing
Classification: watercolor
Place: France
Department: Prints and Drawings
Credit line: Gift of Edward McCormick Blair
Accession no.: 2002.240

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Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
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