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Merahi metua no Tehamana (Tehamana Has Many Parents or The Ancestors of Tehamana)
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oil paint (paint)53 × 75 Cm
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In this portrait, the 13-year-old Tahitian girl named Tehamana appears stoic, shoulders squared and gaze unflinching. She wears a missionary dress and wields a Samoan fan as white flowers tumble from her hair. The ripe mango beside her alludes to fertility. In the background, Gauguin combined various non-European emblems—glyphs derived from an Easter Island tablet and a female deity inspired by Polynesian and Hindu sources—to build a generic sense of foreigness and mystery, transforming Tehamana into the embodiment of his own desire.
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| Medium | oil paint (paint) |
| Dimensions | 53 × 75 Cm |
| Tags | portraits: child subjectdeitiesfruitflowerssymbolsdecorationwhite (color)blue (color)fansstripesportraits: female subjectportraitwomenportraitsmysteries/fantasiesinteriorsfashiondressestextTahitiTahitian people |
| Certificate | Certificate not provided |
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by descent to her daughter, Mme Huc de Monfreid
by descent to her daughter, Mme Huc de Monfreid
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bought in for 300 francs
bought in for 300 francs
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by descent to Mr....
by descent to Mr. Charles Deering McCormick
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by descent to Mme Daniel de Monfreid, Paris
by descent to Mme Daniel de Monfreid, Paris
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Paris, Galeries Durand-Ruel, Exposition Paul Gauguin, November 1893, cat. 33.
Paris, Galeries Durand-Ruel, Exposition Paul Gauguin, November 1893, cat. 33.
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Henri Loyrette, Gauguin’s World: Tōna Iho, Tōna Ao, exh. cat.
Henri Loyrette, Gauguin’s World: Tōna Iho, Tōna Ao, exh. cat. (Canberra: National Gallery of Australia, 2024), 109 fig. 3, 111.
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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), 69, 70 fig. 39, 71.
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Ottawa, National Gallery of Canada, Gauguin Portraits, May 24 - September 8 2019, cat. 85; London, The National Gallery, October 9 2019 - January 26 - 2020.
Ottawa, National Gallery of Canada, Gauguin Portraits, May 24 - September 8 2019, cat. 85; London, The National Gallery, October 9 2019 - January 26 - 2020.
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Cornelia Homburg, et. al., Gauguin Portraits, exh. cat.
Cornelia Homburg, et. al., Gauguin Portraits, exh. cat. (Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada; London: National Gallery, 2019), 148-53, 256.
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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. (Paris: Musée d’Osay/ Réunion des muséea nationaux-Grand Palais/ Graphicom, 2017), 192-193 , 305, cat. 196.
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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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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), 16, 58, 70n9, 235, 238, 242-243, 252, 286, 331, cat. 183.
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Treviso, Museo di Santa Caterina, Storie dell'Impressionismo, October 29, 2016-April 17, 2017, cat. 22.
Treviso, Museo di Santa Caterina, Storie dell'Impressionismo, October 29, 2016-April 17, 2017, cat. 22.
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Marco Goldin, ed., Storie dell'Impressionismo: I grandi protagonist da Monet a Renoir da Van Gogh a Gauguin
Marco Goldin, ed., Storie dell'Impressionismo: I grandi protagonist da Monet a Renoir da Van Gogh a Gauguin (Linea d’ombre, 2016), 173 (color ill), 224-25 (detail ill.), 248-49 (color ill.), 400-01 cat. 22.
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Timothy O. Benson, Expressionism in Germany and France: From Van Gogh to Kandinsky, exh. cat.
Timothy O. Benson, Expressionism in Germany and France: From Van Gogh to Kandinsky, exh. cat. (Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art/DelMonico Books;Prestel, 2014), 169 ill.
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Suzanne Greub, Gauguin Polynesia, Exh. cat
Suzanne Greub, Gauguin Polynesia, Exh. cat (Seattle Art Museum, 2012), p. 221, p. 352-353. fig. 205.
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Copenhagen, NY Carlsberg Glyptotek, Gauguin Polynesia, September 24- December 31, 2011. fig. 205; Seattle Art Museum, February 9- April 29, 2012.
Copenhagen, NY Carlsberg Glyptotek, Gauguin Polynesia, September 24- December 31, 2011. fig. 205; Seattle Art Museum, February 9- April 29, 2012.
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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.
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.
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exhibition
Fort Worth, Tex., Kimbell Museum of Art, The Impressionists: Master Paintings from the Art Institute of Chicago, June 29–November 2, 2008, cat. 70 (ill.).
Fort Worth, Tex., Kimbell Museum of Art, The Impressionists: Master Paintings from the Art Institute of Chicago, June 29–November 2, 2008, cat. 70 (ill.).
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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. 70, pp. 146–47 (ill.).
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June Hargrove, “Woman with a Fan: Paul Gauguin’s Heavenly Vairaumati–A Parable of Immortality,” The Art Bulletin 88, 3
June Hargrove, “Woman with a Fan: Paul Gauguin’s Heavenly Vairaumati–A Parable of Immortality,” The Art Bulletin 88, 3 (September 2006), p. 557, fig. 3.
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Paris, Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais, Gauguin: Tahiti, September 30, 2003-January 19, 2004, cat. 99 (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. 99 (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. 141 (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. 141 (ill.), traveled to The Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, February 9-June 6, 2002.
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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. 4 (ill.).
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The Art Institute of Chicago, Gauguin, Paintings, Drawings, Prints, Sculpture, February 12–March 29, 1959, cat. 51 (ill.); traveled to New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, April 21–May 31, 1959.
The Art Institute of Chicago, Gauguin, Paintings, Drawings, Prints, Sculpture, February 12–March 29, 1959, cat. 51 (ill.); traveled to New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, April 21–May 31, 1959.
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Georges Wildenstein, “L’Idéologie et l’estétique dans deux tableaux-clés de Gauguin,” Gazette des Beaux-Arts 47, per. 6
Georges Wildenstein, “L’Idéologie et l’estétique dans deux tableaux-clés de Gauguin,” Gazette des Beaux-Arts 47, per. 6 (January–April 1956), pp. 143, 162, fig. 9.
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The Art Institute of Chicago, Great French Paintings: An Exhibition in Memory of Chauncey McCormick, January 20–February 20, 1955, cat. 19 (ill.).
The Art Institute of Chicago, Great French Paintings: An Exhibition in Memory of Chauncey McCormick, January 20–February 20, 1955, cat. 19 (ill.).
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Herbert Lee van Dovski, Paul Gauguin oder die Flucht vor der Zivilisation
Herbert Lee van Dovski, Paul Gauguin oder die Flucht vor der Zivilisation (Olten and Bern, 1948), p. 350, no. 300.
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Maurice Malingue, Gauguin: Le Peintures et son oeuvre
Maurice Malingue, Gauguin: Le Peintures et son oeuvre (Paris, 1948), fig. 202.
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Hans Graber, Paul Gauguin: Nach eigenen und fremden Zeugnissen
Hans Graber, Paul Gauguin: Nach eigenen und fremden Zeugnissen (Basel, 1946), p. 510, ill.
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Antony de Witt, Paul Gauguin
Antony de Witt, Paul Gauguin (Milan, 1945), pl. 23.
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John Rewald, Gauguin
John Rewald, Gauguin (Paris, 1938), p. 21, pl. 152.
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Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Paul Gauguin-Tahiti, February 7-June 1, 1998, cat. 44 (ill.).
Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Paul Gauguin-Tahiti, February 7-June 1, 1998, cat. 44 (ill.).
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Douglas Druick and Peter Zegers, Paul Gauguin: Pages From the Pacific
Douglas Druick and Peter Zegers, Paul Gauguin: Pages From the Pacific (Chicago and Auckland, 1995), p. 23, fig. 43.
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Frances S. Connelly, “Primitivism of Philipp Otto Runge,” Art Journal 32, 2
Frances S. Connelly, “Primitivism of Philipp Otto Runge,” Art Journal 32, 2 (1993), p. 38, fig. 7.
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Peggy Vance, Gauguin
Peggy Vance, Gauguin (London, 1991), pp. 120-1 (ill.), 144.
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Moscow, The Pushkin Museum, Gauguin in Russia, May-June, 1989, cat. 30 (ill.); Leningrad [St. Petersburg], The Hermitage, July-October 1989.
Moscow, The Pushkin Museum, Gauguin in Russia, May-June, 1989, cat. 30 (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. 158 (ill.); Art Institute of Chicago, September 17–December 11, 1988; and Paris, Grand Palais, January 10–April 24, 1989.
Washington, D. C., National Gallery of Art, The Art of Paul Gauguin, May 1–July 31, 1988, cat. 158 (ill.); Art Institute of Chicago, September 17–December 11, 1988; and Paris, Grand Palais, January 10–April 24, 1989.
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James N. Wood and Katherine C. Lee, Master Paintings in The Art Institute of Chicago
James N. Wood and Katherine C. Lee, Master Paintings in The Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago, 1988), p. 71 (ill.).
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New York, Museum of Modern Art, Primitivism in 20th Century Art, September 5, 1984-January 15, 1985, no cat. no. (ill.).
New York, Museum of Modern Art, Primitivism in 20th Century Art, September 5, 1984-January 15, 1985, no cat. no. (ill.).
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Albi, France, Musée Toulouse-Lauctrec, Trésors impressionnistes du Musée de Chicago, June 27–August 31, 1980, cat. 31 (ill.).
Albi, France, Musée Toulouse-Lauctrec, Trésors impressionnistes du Musée de Chicago, June 27–August 31, 1980, cat. 31 (ill.).
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“Gauguin, Cat. 50, Merahi metua no Tehamana
“Gauguin, Cat. 50, Merahi metua no Tehamana (Tehamana Has Many Parents or The Ancestors of Tehamana) (1980.613),” in Gauguin Paintings, Sculpture, and Graphic Works at the Art Institute of Chicago, ed. Gloria Groom and Genevieve Westerby (Art Institute of Chicago, 2016), https://publications.artic.edu/gauguin/reader/gauguinart/section/140163.
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given to the Art Institute, 1980.
given to the Art Institute, 1980.
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Herbert Lee van Dovski, Die Wahreit über Gauguin, mit Vielen, zum Teil farbigen Abbildungen und einem ‘Katalog der Gemälde’
Herbert Lee van Dovski, Die Wahreit über Gauguin, mit Vielen, zum Teil farbigen Abbildungen und einem ‘Katalog der Gemälde’ (Darmstadt, 1973), no. 300, (ill.) 175.
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G. M. Sugana, L’opera completa di Gauguin
G. M. Sugana, L’opera completa di Gauguin (Milan, 1972), no 322 (ill.).
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on extended loan to the Art Institute, 1970
on extended loan to the Art Institute, 1970
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The Art Institute of Chicago, Annual Report 1969–1970
The Art Institute of Chicago, Annual Report 1969–1970 (Chicago, 1970), p. 6.
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Bengt Danielsson, “Gauguin’s Tahitian Titles,” Burlington Magazine 9, 760
Bengt Danielsson, “Gauguin’s Tahitian Titles,” Burlington Magazine 9, 760 (April 1967), p. 231.
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Paul Gauguin, Noa Noa
Paul Gauguin, Noa Noa (Paris, 1966), p. 34 (ill.).
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Georges Wildenstein, Gauguin
Georges Wildenstein, Gauguin (Paris, 1964), no. 497 (ill.).
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