Tahitian Faces (Frontal View and Profiles)
Paul Gauguin · ca. 1899
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Paul Gauguin's "Tahitian Faces (Frontal View and Profiles)," created circa 1899, is a charcoal drawing on laid paper. The sheet measures 16 1/8 x 12 1/4 inches (41 x 31.1 cm). It is classified under Drawings and Prints, and the culture of the work is not specified in the provided data.
The artwork was acquired by purchase, with The Annenberg Foundation Gift, in 1996. Paul Gauguin (1848–1903) was a French painter and printmaker. No specific provenance, exhibition history, or literature for this piece is provided in the catalogue record.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art holds several other works by Gauguin, including "Ia Orana Maria (Hail Mary)" (1891), "The Siesta" (ca. 1892–94), and "Tahitian Women Bathing" (1892), indicating a broader collection of his works from his time in Tahiti.
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Emile Gauguin (1874–1955), the artist's son
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Three Tahitian Women
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Two Women
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