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Painting of a tropical landscape with peacocks, a figure by a smoking fire, a hut, palm trees and colorful hills.

Matamoe (Death), Landscape with Peacocks

1892

Painting of a grazing horse, a woman in pink on a dirt road, thatched huts, palm trees and a green hill.

Le cheval sur le chemin

1899

Painting of a flower bouquet in a brown vase with three cats resting on a dark table against a pink background.

Flowers and Cats

1899

Loose impressionistic landscape of bare trees, a dirt path, and green undergrowth under a grey sky.

Landscape Study

1882

Painting of a dirt road through tropical scenery with mountains, a thatched hut, walking figures, a grazing horse and a seate

Street in Tahiti

1891

Painting of a woman and small child on a sunlit path among slender trees and green foliage, by Paul Gauguin.

Mother and Child under a Tree at Pont-Aven

1886

Oil self-portrait of a man in a black cap and dark coat with white collar, against a brown background.

Self-Portrait

1875

Painting of a white horse drinking at a dark pool, with a red horse and riders in a green landscape beneath twisted trees.

The White Horse

1898

Paul Gauguin's 1893 painting: a nude woman seen from behind raises a shell while a large male head looms behind her.

The Moon and the Earth

1893

Painting of three dark-clad women walking a path beside a canal, with a domed temple on a hill and orange trees.

Les Alyscamps, ou Les Trois grâces au temple de Venus

1888

Painting of a rocky chasm with a white waterfall, a sailboat on dark sea, and a black cow grazing on green grass.

Marine avec vache, ou Au dessus du gouffre

1888

Painting of a woman in a purple dress holding a mango, with white flowers in her hair against a yellow background.

Woman with Mango

1892

Still life painting of red flowers and green leaves in a dark blue vase on a draped table, with an oval mirror behind.

Bouquet

1884

Two girls in pink and red dresses stand together before green foliage and a yellow ground, one resting a hand on the other's

Piti Teina

1892

Painting of a man in blue reaching up to pick dark fruit, with two white goats in yellow grass beneath a tree.

Man Picking Fruit from a Tree

1897

Painting of two pale blue goats in a dark tropical landscape with red foliage, a figure, and a boat by the sea.

Landscape with Two Goats (Tarari Maruru)

1897

Woman in a green shawl sewing at a draped table beside a wicker basket, with striped curtains behind her.

The Embroiderer Alternative title: French: La BrodeuseMette Gauguin

1880

Pencil sketch of a crouching woman with her head turned, arm resting across her knee, on a beige paper ground.

Femme accroupie Paul Gauguin

Pencil portrait of a woman with long dark hair and lowered eyes, drawn on tan paper.

Head of a Tahitian Woman

1891

Tahitian Faces (Frontal View and Profiles)

ca. 1899

Ochre and black woodcut of a woman carrying a fruit basket past palm trees and tropical foliage.

Noa noa (Fragrant)

1894/95

Volpini Suite

1889

Volpini Suite: Design for a Plate: Leda and the Swan (Projet d'Assiette: Léda et le Cygne)

1889

Brown and yellow print of a nude woman bending forward beside wooden clogs, against a dark swirling background.

Volpini Suite: Breton Bathers (Baigneuses Bretonnes)

1889

Reddish-brown lithograph on yellow paper: a bald man beside a woman resting her head on his shoulder, with a tree and fence b

Volpini Suite: Human Misery (Misères Humaines)

1889

Charcoal portrait drawing of a woman with short dark hair and a rounded collar, looking straight ahead.

Head of a Tahitian Woman

about 1892

Sepia drawing of a nude woman beside a horned figure and a coiled serpent, by Paul Gauguin, about 1899-1900.

Eve ['The Nightmare'] (recto); Eve ['The Nightmare'] (verso)

about 1899-1900

Brown paper with handwritten title Chez les Maories Sauvageries, painted plants, blue and yellow rays and a sketched fruit.

Chez les Maories: Sauvageries (At Home with the Maori: Savage Things)

1893

Charcoal sketch of a young child's head with closed eyes and a partial hand visible at lower left on tan paper.

Emil Gauguin as a Child, Right Hand Forward

c. 1875-1876

Charcoal sketch of a child's face with downcast eyes and curly hair on toned paper.

Emil Gauguin as a Child

c. 1875-1876

Emil Gauguin as a Child, Head on a Pillow

c. 1875-1876

Charcoal portrait drawing of a young child with short hair and a collared shirt on tan paper.

Emil Gauguin as a Child, Wearing a Collared Shirt

c. 1875-1876

Portrait of Stéphane Mallarmé

1891

Watercolor sketch of a nude woman with arm raised, standing on a rock beside a stream against blue washes.

Pape moe

1893/94

Pencil sketch of a seated woman in a head covering holding a child on her lap, drawn on speckled tan paper.

Mother and Child (recto)

1870s

Black-and-white woodcut of figures, a horse, and a tree with an idol head in a landscape, with the words Noa Noa at top.

Noa Noa

n.d.

Ink and watercolor drawing of a standing woman beside a pale horse and a red lizard, with handwritten French text above.

Nave Nave Fenua

probably 1894

Brown woodcut print with a woman's flowing hair in swirling lines, two figures below, and the inscribed title Te Faruru.

Te Faruru (They are Making Love Here)

1894/1895

Eve

1898-1899

Black and orange woodcut of a standing woman, red flowers and palm foliage, with a carved title band across the top.

Nave Nave Fenua (Fragrant Isle)

1893-94

Drawing of a woman in a long dress carrying a child on her shoulders, with figures and trees in a brown landscape behind.

Hail Mary (Ia Orana Maria)

ca. 1893-95

A Tahitian Woman with a Flower in Her Hair

1891-92

Black and grey lithograph of a bowed seated woman beside a standing man, with a tree and a figure in its branches above.

Human Misery, from the Volpini Suite: Dessins lithographiques

1889

Paul Gauguin's 1889 cover design: a woman embraced by a swan within a circle on yellow, with flowers and birds.

("Leda") Design for a Plate: Shame on Those Who Evil Think (Honi Soit Qui Mal y Pense) ; cover illustration for the "…

1889

Black-and-white woodcut of a crucified Christ figure with a halo, framed by tall decorative panels with carved motifs and mas

Christ on the Cross

1926

Monochrome print of a standing woman holding a child on her shoulder before a dark arched background with a pale circle.

la Orana Maria

1894-95

Dark woodcut of a standing nude figure with a lizard, flowers and palm fronds, titled Nave Nave Fenua.

Delightful Land

1893-94

Woodcut print of a standing woman beside large pink flowers and foliage, with a seated figure at left, in black and cream ton

Fragrance (Noa Noa), small block

1894-95

Woodcut print of a seated woman with long dark hair beside a bird, titled Te Faruru, dark ink with pale highlights.

Here We Make Love (Te Faruru), from Fragrance (Noa Noa)

1893-94

Dark wooden woodblock with carved scene of a horse, figures, a tree, and an ornamental title cartouche above.

Fragrance (Noa Noa), from Fragrance (Noa Noa), title block

1893-94

Brown-toned print of a woman with long flowing hair emerging from swirling waves, with the inscription Te Faruru at upper rig

Here we make love

1893-94

Woodcut print of a seated Buddha with closed eyes inside an arched, ornate niche, pale figure on dark ground.

Bouddha (Buddha)

in or after 1895

Woodcut print of a woman riding a white bull beside a standing woman, with a peacock and crescent moon above.

The Rape of Europa (L'enlevement d'Europe)

1898-1899

Woodcut print split into two panels: a woman picking fruit at left and a broad, staring face at right, in black and cream.

Woman Picking Fruit and the Savage (Femme cueillant des fruits et oviri)

1894/1895

Red and yellow woodcut of a seated figure beneath a jagged yellow shape, with Tahitian title text along the lower edge.

Mahna no Varua Ino (The Demon Speaks) [verso]

1893-1894

Lithograph of a seated woman resting her head on her hands beside a standing man, with a tree and a figure in branches above.

Human Sorrow (Miseres humaines)

1889, published after 1900

Black and cream print of a nude bather bending forward on a dark rocky shore, with clothes and wooden shoes at his feet.

Breton Bathers (Baigneuses Bretonnes)

1889, published after 1900

Lithograph of a woman carrying a child on her shoulders, with a halo-like arc behind them and decorative motifs around.

Ia Orana Maria (We Greet Thee, Mary)

c. 1894

Black-and-cream print of a woman holding a child on her shoulder before an arched, shadowy background.

Maria met Kind

1894

Sketch of several cattle in loose black lines on cream paper, with faint red guide lines.

Animal Studies

1901/1902

Charcoal sketch of three figures, one standing in a wide-brimmed hat and another seated with arm outstretched, on pale paper.

Three Tahitians (Study for "La soeur de charite")

1899/1902

Two Marquesans [recto]

c. 1902

Woodcut print of a standing woman, a reclining figure, red flowers and palm fronds within a decorative border.

Noa Noa: Nave Nave Fenua (Fragrant Isle)

1893

Pencil sketch of a crucified Christ figure on yellow paper, with a small head study and an animal drawing beside it.

Sketch for "The Yellow Christ