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Paul Gauguin

The Woman with Figs

1894, printed 1899
Etching and soft-ground with open bite and selective wiping, printed in green-black ink

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FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG

The woman depicted in this print is likely Madeleine Bernard, the sister of Gauguin’s close friend Emile Bernard.

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