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This print shows an array of abstract shapes and lines on a textured background. Many forms resemble human figures, although many of their features are abstracted or exaggerated. One figure near the center has a skull-like face and is seated and with their head in their hands, looking out at us. Other shapes include a child seated on the ground on the left and a figure with long hair and wide eyes on the right, their hands clasped in prayer. In the upper half of the print, there is text in a swirling ribbon, as well as more stylized human faces, most depicted from the shoulders up. The background is filled with solid and patterned sections in shades of black, reddish-brown, and beige.

Be in Love and You will be Happy (Soyez amoureuses, vous serez heureuses)

Gauguin, Paul · French

1898-1899

Medium
woodcut in light brown and black on chine collé
Classification
Print
Period
1876 to 1900
Image size
4941 × 2941px

Description

This print shows an array of abstract shapes and lines on a textured background. Many forms resemble human figures, although many of their features are abstracted or exaggerated. One figure near the center has a skull-like face and is seated and with their head in their hands, looking out at us. Other shapes include a child seated on the ground on the left and a figure with long hair and wide eyes on the right, their hands clasped in prayer. In the upper half of the print, there is text in a swirling ribbon, as well as more stylized human faces, most depicted from the shoulders up. The background is filled with solid and patterned sections in shades of black, reddish-brown, and beige.

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Open access image from the National Gallery of Art, released under its open access program. Metadata via the NGA Open Data Program (CC0).

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