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Les drames de la mer, Bretagne [Dramas of the Sea, Brittany]
1889
Not on view
Gauguin collected Japanese prints and took an assortment with him when he traveled. The qualities Gauguin admired in Japanese prints "flat, decorative shapes; bright colors; and dark outlines" were hallmarks of his art from the period when he worked in Pont-Aven, Arles, and the Caribbean island of Martinique. In 1889, he finished a series of zincographs based on his experiences there that were distinctly Japanese in their compositional structure and motifs. Two of the prints in the series have fan or quasi-fan shapes, including this one, which depicts a group of Breton women within a flattened landscape.
- Artist
- Paul Gauguin
- Title
- Les drames de la mer, Bretagne [Dramas of the Sea, Brittany]
- Date
- 1889
- Object Type
- Medium
- Zincograph on canary yellow paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 176 x 222 mm (6 15/16 x 8 3/4 in.); Sheet: 304 x 475 mm (11 15/16 x 18 11/16 in.)
- Credit Line
- Museum purchase, Dorothy Spreckels Munn Fund
- Accession Number
- 2005.7