Two Nudes on a Tahitian Beach

Artist Paul Gauguin (French, 1848 - 1903)

Date1891/94

GeographyFrance

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensions35 3/4 x 25 1/2 in. (90.8 x 64.8 cm)
Frame: 45 3/8 x 34 3/4 x 3 1/2 in. (115.3 x 88.3 x 8.9 cm)

ClassificationsPaintings

Credit LineGift of Anna Rice Cooke, 1933 (3901)

Object number3901

DescriptionDepicts two nude Polynesian women: left figure facing front, head toward right, left hand over breasts, feet apart; right figure in back view, arms hanging, head turned left. Brown bodies. Part of dark brown dog visible behind figures which stand against colorful sky, sea and beach. Notes on color scheme: dark rich blue to greenish sea, lighter blue sky, beach is three angular bands; top - rose, middle - purple, lower - yellow and reddish orange. Frame of Grayish white.

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