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Paul Gauguin

Hail Mary (Ia Orana Maria)

ca. 1893–95
Fabricated charcoal, red chalk, and white pastel on formerly blue wove paper, mounted on millboard with strips of rose-colored wove paper along two edges
59.7 × 37.5 cm (23.5 × 14.8 in)

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In the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · as of July 2026

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