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In this tropical paradise of the artist’s invention, a deity presides over figures walking and resting on an embankment. Rhythmically arranged in groups of two and three, the figures appear more as symbolic forms than as portraits of individuals. Pools of water in interlocking, abstract zones of acidic color surround the feet of a bather, who is flanked by two prone figures—or perhaps the same person seen from two angles.
Unlike his other Tahitian-inspired landscapes, this painting was produced in Paris shortly after Paul Gauguin’s first trip to the island. Drawn from fantasy and memory, the psychedelic composition is one of the most abstract and avant-garde works of the artist’s career.
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| Medium | oil paint (paint) |
| Dimensions | 91 × 68 Cm |
| Tags | womenabstractbeachcelebrationscloudscolonialismfigurefiguresFranceFrenchnudesshoreskystatuestreesweather/seasonsdancerslandscapesmysteries/fantasiesreligious sceneswaterCentury of Progressworld's fairsChicago World's Fairs |
| Certificate | Certificate not provided |
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Chain of custody, exhibitions, and verification milestones synced from the provenance service.
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Adriano Pedrosa, Fernando Oliva and Laura Cosendey, eds., Paul Gauguin: The Other and I, exh. cat.
Adriano Pedrosa, Fernando Oliva and Laura Cosendey, eds., Paul Gauguin: The Other and I, exh. cat. (São Paulo: Museu de Arte de São Paulo, 2023), front matter (detail), 126, 222 fig. 125, 261.
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Museu de Arte de São Paulo, Paul Gauguin: The Other and I. Apr. 28-Aug. 6, 2023, fig. 125.
Museu de Arte de São Paulo, Paul Gauguin: The Other and I. Apr. 28-Aug. 6, 2023, fig. 125.
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Gloria Groom, ed. Gauguin: Artist as Alchemist, exh. cat.
Gloria Groom, ed. Gauguin: Artist as Alchemist, exh. cat. (Art Institute of Chicago/ Yale University Press, 2017). p. 260-261, 286n5, 292, 331, cat. 203.
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Claire Bernardi and Ophélie Ferlier-Bouat, Guaguin: L’alchimiste, exh. cat.
Claire Bernardi and Ophélie Ferlier-Bouat, Guaguin: L’alchimiste, exh. cat. (Musée d’Osay/ Réunion des muséea nationaux-Grand Palais/ Graphicom, 2017), p. 203, 304, cat. 206.
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Chicago, The Art Institute of Chicago, Gauguin: Artist as Alchemist, June 25-Sept. 10. 2017; Paris, Musée d’Orsay, Oct. 9, 2017-Jan. 1, 2018.
Chicago, The Art Institute of Chicago, Gauguin: Artist as Alchemist, June 25-Sept. 10. 2017; Paris, Musée d’Orsay, Oct. 9, 2017-Jan. 1, 2018.
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Milan, Museum of Cultures, Paul Gauguin: Tales from Paradise, October 28, 2015-February 21, 2016 no cat. no.
Milan, Museum of Cultures, Paul Gauguin: Tales from Paradise, October 28,2015-February 21, 2016 no cat. no.
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Gauguin: Tales from Paradise, exh. cat.
Gauguin: Tales from Paradise, exh. cat. (Milan: 24ore Cultura, 2015), 150–51, 176–77 (color ill.)
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London, Tate Modern, Paul Gauguin: Maker of Myth, September 30, 2010-January 16, 2011; Washington, DC, National Gallery of Art, February 21-May 30, 2011 [Washington only].
London, Tate Modern, Paul Gauguin: Maker of Myth, September 30, 2010-January 16, 2011; Washington, DC, National Gallery of Art, February 21-May 30, 2011 [Washington only].
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The Age of Impressionism at the Art Institute of Chicago
The Age of Impressionism at the Art Institute of Chicago (New Haven and London, 2008), cat. 71, pp. 148–49 (ill.).
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Fort Worth, Tex., Kimbell Museum of Art, The Impressionists: Master Paintings from the Art Institute of Chicago, June 29–November 2, 2008, cat. 71 (ill.).
Fort Worth, Tex., Kimbell Museum of Art, The Impressionists: Master Paintings from the Art Institute of Chicago, June 29–November 2, 2008, cat. 71 (ill.).
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Paris, Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais, Gauguin: Tahiti, September 30, 2003-January 19, 2004, cat. 105 (ill.), traveled to Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, February 29, 2004-June 20, 2004.
Paris, Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais, Gauguin: Tahiti, September 30, 2003-January 19, 2004, cat. 105 (ill.), traveled to Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, February 29, 2004-June 20, 2004.
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The Art Institute of Chicago, Van Gogh and Gauguin: The Studio of the South, September 22, 2001-January 13, 2002, cat. 142 (ill.), traveled to The Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, February 9-June 6, 2002.
The Art Institute of Chicago, Van Gogh and Gauguin: The Studio of the South, September 22, 2001-January 13, 2002, cat. 142 (ill.), traveled to The Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, February 9-June 6, 2002.
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The Art Institute of Chicago, Gauguin, Paintings, Drawings, Prints, Sculpture, February 12–March 29, 1959, cat. 57, traveled to New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, March 29–April 21, 1959.
The Art Institute of Chicago, Gauguin, Paintings, Drawings, Prints, Sculpture, February 12–March 29, 1959, cat. 57, traveled to New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, March 29–April 21, 1959.
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“Gauguin,” The Art Institute of Chicago Quarterly 53, 1
“Gauguin,” The Art Institute of Chicago Quarterly 53, 1 (February 1959), p. 3 (ill.).
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Robert Goldwater, Paul Gauguin
Robert Goldwater, Paul Gauguin (New York, 1957), pp. 39, 126, ill., 127.
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Visionaries and Dreamers exh. cat.
Visionaries and Dreamers exh. cat. (Washington D. C., The Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1956), fig. 12.
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Georges Wildenstein, “L’Idéologie et l’esthétique dans deux tableaux-clés de Gauguin,” Gazette des Beaux-Arts 47, per. 6
Georges Wildenstein, “L’Idéologie et l’esthétique dans deux tableaux-clés de Gauguin,” Gazette des Beaux-Arts 47, per. 6 (January–April 1956), fig. 10.
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Charles Estienne, Gauguin
Charles Estienne, Gauguin (Geneva, 1953), p. 87 (ill.).
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Lionello Venturi, Impressionists and Symbolists, trans by Francis Steegmuller
Lionello Venturi, Impressionists and Symbolists, trans by Francis Steegmuller (New York, 1950), pp. 171–172, fig. 174.
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Carl O. Schiewind, “Paul Gauguin,” Bulletin of The Art Institute of Chicago 43, 3
Carl O. Schiewind, “Paul Gauguin,” Bulletin of The Art Institute of Chicago 43, 3 (September 15, 1949), p. 46 (ill.).
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Egbert Jacobson, Basic Color, an Interpretation of the Ostwald Color System
Egbert Jacobson, Basic Color, an Interpretation of the Ostwald Color System (Chicago, 1948), pp. 81–183, (ill.) 181.
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Essen, Museum Folkwang, Paul Gauguin: Das verlorene Paradies, June 17-October 18, 1998, cat. 34 (ill.), traveled to Nationalgalerie Berlin, October 31, 1998-January 10, 1999.
Essen, Museum Folkwang, Paul Gauguin: Das verlorene Paradies, June 17-October 18, 1998, cat. 34 (ill.), traveled to Nationalgalerie Berlin, October 31, 1998-January 10, 1999.
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New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Private Collection of Edgar Degas, October 1, 1997-January 11, 1998, cat. 483 (ill.).
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Private Collection of Edgar Degas, October 1, 1997-January 11, 1998, cat. 483 (ill.).
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London, National Gallery, Degas as a Collector, May 22-August 26, 1996, cat. 57 (ill.).
London, National Gallery, Degas as a Collector, May 22-August 26, 1996, cat. 57 (ill.).
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Peggy Vance, Gauguin
Peggy Vance, Gauguin (London, 1991), p. 126-7, ill., 144.
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Mary Louise Krumrine, Paul Cézanne: The Bathers exh. cat.
Mary Louise Krumrine, Paul Cézanne: The Bathers exh. cat. (Kunstmuseum Basel, 1989), p. 285.
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Moscow, The Pushkin Museum, Gauguin in Russia, May–June 1989, cat. 37 (ill.); Leningrad [St. Petersburg], The Hermitage, July–October, 1989.
Moscow, The Pushkin Museum, Gauguin in Russia, May–June 1989, cat. 37 (ill.); Leningrad [St. Petersburg], The Hermitage, July–October, 1989.
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Washington, D. C., National Gallery of Art, The Art of Paul Gauguin, May 1–July 31, 1988; cat. 205 (ill.); Art Institute of Chicago, September 17–December 11, 1988; Paris, Grand Palais, January 10–April 20...
Washington, D. C., National Gallery of Art, The Art of Paul Gauguin, May 1–July 31, 1988; cat. 205 (ill.); Art Institute of Chicago, September 17–December 11, 1988; Paris, Grand Palais, January 10–April 20, 1989 [Washington and Chicago only].
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Richard Brettell, “The Bartletts and the Grande Jatte: Collecting Modern Painting in the 1920s,” The Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies 12, 2
Richard Brettell, “The Bartletts and the Grande Jatte: Collecting Modern Painting in the 1920s,” The Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies 12, 2 (1986), fig. 4.
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Houston Museum of Fine Arts Bulletin 7, 4
Houston Museum of Fine Arts Bulletin 7, 4 (Fall 1981).
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Diane Kelder, The Great Book of French Impressionism
Diane Kelder, The Great Book of French Impressionism (New York, 1980), p. 22 (ill.).
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The Art Institute of Chicago, 100 Masterpieces
The Art Institute of Chicago, 100 Masterpieces (Chicago, 1978), no. 72.
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J. Patrice Marandel, The Art Institute of Chicago, Favorite Impressionist Paintings. The Art Institute of Chicago: 100 Masterpieces
J. Patrice Marandel, The Art Institute of Chicago, Favorite Impressionist Paintings. The Art Institute of Chicago: 100 Masterpieces (Chicago, 1978), no. 78.
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Theodore Reff, “Degas: A Master Among Masters, “ The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 34, 4
Theodore Reff, “Degas: A Master Among Masters, “ The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 34, 4 (Spring 1977), p. 49 (ill.).
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Alan C. Birnholz, “Double Images reconsidered: a fresh look at Gauguin’s Yellow Christ,” Art International 21, 5
Alan C. Birnholz, “Double Images reconsidered: a fresh look at Gauguin’s Yellow Christ,” Art International 21, 5 (October–November 1977), p. 31, (ill) 30.
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Marjorie Elliot Bevlin, Design through Discovery
Marjorie Elliot Bevlin, Design through Discovery (New York, 1977).
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René Huyghe, La reléve du reel impressionnisme symbolisme
René Huyghe, La reléve du reel impressionnisme symbolisme (Paris, 1974), no. 283 (ill.).
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Herbert Lee van Dowski, Die Wahreit über Gauguin, mit Vielen, zum Teil farbigen Abbildungen und einem ‘Katalog der Gemälde’
Herbert Lee van Dowski, Die Wahreit über Gauguin, mit Vielen, zum Teil farbigen Abbildungen und einem ‘Katalog der Gemälde’ (Darmstadt, 1973), no. 329a.
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G. M. Sugana, L’opera completa di Gauguin
G. M. Sugana, L’opera completa di Gauguin (Milan, 1972), no. 336, pl. 38.
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John Maxon, The Art Institute of Chicago
John Maxon, The Art Institute of Chicago (London, 1970), pp. 97–98, (ill.) 97.
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Joseph Ishikawa, “Modern Malgré lui: The Phenomenon of Puvis de Chavannes,” Art Journal 27, 4
Joseph Ishikawa, “Modern Malgré lui: The Phenomenon of Puvis de Chavannes,” Art Journal 27, 4 (Summer 1968), p. 386 (ill.).
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Bengt Danielsson, “Gauguin’s Tahitian Titles,” Burlington Magazine 7, 760
Bengt Danielsson, “Gauguin’s Tahitian Titles,” Burlington Magazine 7, 760 (April 1967), p. 231.
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Frederick A. Sweet, “A Great Chicago Collectors,” Apollo 84, 55
Frederick A. Sweet, “A Great Chicago Collectors,” Apollo 84, 55 (September 1966), p. 197, fig. 15.
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William M. Kane, “Gauguin’s ‘Le Cheval Blanc’: Sources and Syncretic Meanings,” Burlington Magazine 108, 760
William M. Kane, “Gauguin’s ‘Le Cheval Blanc’: Sources and Syncretic Meanings,” Burlington Magazine 108, 760 (July 1966), p. 361.
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Raymond Charmet, Gauguin
Raymond Charmet, Gauguin (Verviers, 1965), p. 63 (ill.).
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Georges Wildenstein, Gauguin
Georges Wildenstein, Gauguin (Paris, 1964), no. 513 (ill.).
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Georges Boudalille, Gauguin, trans. Alisa Jaffa
Georges Boudalille, Gauguin, trans. Alisa Jaffa (New York, 1964), p. 180 (ill.).
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Georges Wildenstein, Gauguin
Georges Wildenstein, Gauguin (Paris, 1964), no. 513 (ill.).
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Henri Perruchot, La vie de Gauguin
Henri Perruchot, La vie de Gauguin (Paris, 1961), p. 281.
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The Art Institute of Chicago, Paintings in The Art Institute of Chicago: A Catalogue of The Picture Collection
The Art Institute of Chicago, Paintings in The Art Institute of Chicago: A Catalogue of The Picture Collection (Chicago, 1961), pp. 170–171, (ill.) 335.
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