Prints, Drawings, and Photographs Manao tupapau (The Spirit Watches Over Her) Made in France, Europe1894 Paul Gauguin, French, 1848 - 1903 Color monotype and woodcut, with touches of watercolor Currently not on view 1950-129-16 Purchased with the Lisa Norris Elkins Fund, 1950 |
LabelManao tupapau is Gauguin's grandest and largest woodcut. By carefully leaving both ends of the block uninked, Gauguin calls attention to the ragged edges of the sheet of paper and gives this rare proof a fragmentary look, as if it were a still-potent relic of some forgotten age. |
