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Paul Gauguin
The Red Cow1889

On view:
Geffen Galleries, floor 1
Vertical oil painting of a rural landscape with a woman in dark clothing at lower left, a rust-orange cow near a wooden fence, two distant figures working in a field, and a tall cypress tree at center

Paul Gauguin, The Red Cow, 1889, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. George Gard De Sylva Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Paul Gauguin
France, Paris, 1848-1903
Title
The Red Cow
Place Made
France
Date Made
1889
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
Canvas: 35 3/4 × 28 3/4 in. (90.81 × 73.03 cm) Frame: 44 × 37 1/2 × 1 1/2 in. (111.76 × 95.25 × 3.81 cm)
Credit Line
Mr. and Mrs. George Gard De Sylva Collection
Accession Number
M.48.17.2
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
European Painting and Sculpture
Selected Bibliography

  • Wildenstein, Georges. Gauguin. Paris: Les Beaux-Arts, 1964.

  • Valentiner, William Reinhold. The Mr. and Mrs. George Gard De Sylva Collection of French Impressionist and Modern Paintings and Sculpture. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1950.
  • Schaefer, Scott, and Peter Fusco. European Painting and Sculpture in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art: an Illustrated Summary Catalogue. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1987.
  • Great French Paintings, 1870-1910. La Jolla: Art Center in La Jolla, 1956.
  • Benesch, Evelyn, editor. Faszination Japan: Monet, Van Gogh, Klimt. Vienna: Kunstforum Wien, 2018.
  • Loyrette, Henri, editor. Gauguin's World: Tōna Iho, Tōna Ao. Parkes, ACT: National Gallery of Australia, 2024.