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Pleasures of Brittany (Joies de Bretagne)

Paul Gauguin

National Gallery of Art

The image shows two women from head to toe, viewed from the side, walking hand in hand. The woman on the left is slightly bent forward with her head turned towards the viewer. The woman on the right walks beside her, facing forward. Both women have elongated facial features and are wearing traditional head coverings that partially conceal their hair. They are dressed in dark dresses with white collars; the woman on the right has an apron with vertical stripes. In the background, there is a haystack or large mound on the left, and a small dog stands nearby in the far left corner. The background features a pastoral landscape with wavy hills, a distant church steeple, minimal visible vegetation, and a flat horizon.

Artwork Details

Date
1889, published after 1900
Medium
lithograph (zinc) on imitation Japan paper
Dimensions
3688 × 3120 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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