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Maruru (Thank You)

Paul Gauguin

National Gallery of Art

The image shows a stylized, monochromatic print of a landscape with natural and human elements. A large seated figure is central in the foreground, with two smaller human figures on the right. Mountains curve on the horizon, and the sky has swirling cloud-like formations. The artwork uses expressive brushstrokes or etching lines, creating texture and contrast in the landscape and figures with a black and white color palette.

Artwork Details

Date
1894, printed 1941
Medium
woodcut on coated wove paper
Dimensions
5037 × 2942 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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Palette