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Paul Gauguin

The Devil Speaks (Mahna No Varua Ino) (recto); Women Washing Clothes (verso)

1893–1894
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FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG

In 1921, Paul Gauguin's son Pola printed a new edition of his father's Noa Noa prints, wiping the woodblocks cleanly so the images were more legible.

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