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Collections

Paul Gauguin
Misères Humainescirca 1898-1900

On view: Resnick PavilionDeep Cuts: Block Printing Across Cultures
Horizontal woodcut or wood engraving in black ink on cream paper, central woman reclining with chin in hands, bold organic shapes and scattered circles above

Paul Gauguin, Misères Humaines, circa 1898-1900, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Graphic Arts Council Fund in memory of Dorothy Burstein, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Paul Gauguin
Title
Misères Humaines
Place Made
France
Date Made
circa 1898-1900
Medium
Woodcut
Dimensions
Sheet: 8 1/2 × 11 5/8 in. (21.59 × 29.53 cm) Frame: 14 7/8 × 19 7/8 × 1 1/4 in. (37.78 × 50.48 × 3.18 cm)
Credit Line
Graphic Arts Council Fund in memory of Dorothy Burstein
Accession Number
M.83.70
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings
Selected Bibliography
  • Guerin, Marcel. L'Oeuvre grave de Gauguin. Paris: H. Floury, 1927.
  • Mongan, Elizabeth, Eberhard W. Kornfeld, Harold Joachim. Paul Gauguin : Catalogue Raisonné of his Prints. Bern: Galerie Kornfeld, 1988.
  • Benson, Timothy O. Expressionism in Germany and France: from Van Gogh to Kandinsky. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2014.
  • Benson, Timothy O. L'Expressionnisme en Allemagne et en France : De van Gogh à Kandinsky. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2014.