Paul Gauguin

Manao tupapau (She Thinks of the Ghost or The Ghost Thinks of Her), from the Noa Noa Suite

1893/94
End-grain boxwood block, with a commercially prepared gray ground, sealed with an opaque pink oil medium, and inked in black ink
35.3 × 2.3 cm (13.9 × 0.9 in)

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