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Yellow-ground print of two old women in dark shawls in front of two hooded figures, with a tree and pale garment at the sides

Volpini Suite: Old Women of Arles (Les Vieilles Filles [Arles])

1889

Lithograph of two Breton women in white headdresses walking in a hilly landscape with a dog, on a yellow ground.

Volpini Suite: Joys of Brittany (Joies de Bretagne)

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

Print of two Breton women in white headdresses beside a wooden gate, with a rural landscape and trees behind them on a yellow

Volpini Suite: Breton Women by a Gate (Bretonnes à la Barrière)

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

Gauguin print of three Breton women in dark dress and white caps beside a rocky sea cliff, with a cow at left.

Volpini Suite: Dramas of the Sea: Brittany (Les Drames de la Mer, Bretagne)

1889

Black ink print on yellow of a stormy sea with waves, a distant sailing ship, and a figure at lower right.

Volpini Suite: Dramas of the Sea (Les Drames de la Mer)

1889

Yellow-toned print of two women walking past a large tree, with a white cow grazing and hills in the background.

Volpini Suite: Martinique Pastoral (Pastorales Martinique)

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

Black-and-white print of a reclining woman on a pale bed with a dark shadowy figure behind her and carved text at left.

Manao tupapau (She Thinks of the Ghost or The Ghost Thinks of Her), from the Noa Noa Suite

1893/94, printed and published 1921

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

Black and white woodcut of a reclining figure beside a candle, with three mourners at right and a sun motif reading TE PO at

Te po (The Night), from the Noa Noa Suite

1893-94, printed and published 1921

Black and white print of a dark dreamlike scene with human figures, a fish-like head, bird creatures and white waves, inscrib

L’univers est créé (The Universe Is Being Created), from the Noa Noa Suite

1893-94, printed and published 1921

Black-and-white print of figures bathing in a tropical landscape beneath a large tree, with a bird at lower left.

Mahana atua (Day of the God)

1894/95, printed and published 1921

Carved wooden printing block of a tropical landscape with a large tree, river, and several figures.

Mahana Atua (Day of the Gods) [recto]

1894

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

Drypoint print of a seated woman with figs and a bowl on a table, with a rural landscape and sailboat behind her.

The Woman with Figs

1894, printed 1899

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

Black-and-white print of oxen pulling a cart past robed women and a haloed figure near a shrine on rolling hills.

Wayside Shrine in Brittany (Le calvaire Breton)

1898-1899

Woodcut print of a figure carrying bananas on a pole, with a cow and a pig beside a tree and rocks.

Tahitian Carrying Bananas (Le porteur de fei)

in or after 1895

Black-and-white woodcut of reclining and standing figures, a seated mother and child, a horse, a bird and a serpent under an

Te Atua (The Gods) Small Plate [recto]

in or after 1895

Dark woodblock print with pale stylized figures, a bird-like head, and a serpentine creature on a textured black ground.

Te Atua (The Gods) Small Plate [verso]

in or after 1895

Brown woodcut of three figures: a seated central goddess in a halo, an embracing pair at left, and a standing figure at right

Te atua (The God), from the Noa Noa Suite

1893/94

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 on paper of seated figures, a chicken, and studies of animals, including a woman seen from behind.

Sketches of Seated Figures and Chickens (recto), Nude Female Torso (related to the painting Te a no areois [The Seed…

1891/93

Lithograph of Breton women in dark dress and white headdresses beside a cow, with dark rocks and waves behind them.

The Dramas of the Sea, Brittany (Guérin 7; Mongan, Kornfeld and Joachim 2 B)

1889

Mother and Child (recto); Profile Bust of a Man (verso)

1870s

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