La Guerre et La Paix by Gauguin in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, June 2010

La Guerre et La Paix: La Paix
War and Peace: Peace
1901
Paul Gauguin, French, 1848–1903
Tahiti

Dimensions: 48.26 x 99.69 cm (19 x 39 1/4 in.)

Medium or Technique: Painted tamanu wood

Classification: Sculpture

Accession Number: 63.2765

Pair to 63.2765, "La Guerre et la Paix: La Paix"

This panel, one of a pair with 63.2764, incorporating motifs from classical reliefs and from the Javanese Buddhist sanctuary Borobudur, was among the last sculptures Gauguin carved in Tahiti. These two panels, from very late in the artist's career, were commissioned by Gustave Fayet, an important early French collector of Gauguin's art.

Text from: www.mfa.org/collections/object/la-guerre-et-la-paix-la-pa...

and

La Guerre et La Paix: La Guerre
War and Peace: War
1901
Paul Gauguin, French, 1848–1903
Tahiti

Dimensions: 44.45 x 99.53 cm (17 1/2 x 39 3/16 in.)

Medium or Technique: Painted tamanu wood

Classification: Sculpture

Accession Number: 63.2764

Pair to 63.2765, "La Guerre et la Paix: La Guerre"

This panel, one of a pair with 63.2765, incorporating motifs from classical reliefs and from the Javanese Buddhist sanctuary Borobudur, was among the last sculptures Gauguin carved in Tahiti. These two panels, from very late in the artist's career, were commissioned by Gustave Fayet, an important early French collector of Gauguin's art.

Text from: www.mfa.org/collections/object/la-guerre-et-la-paix-la-gu...