Detail of Three Tahitian Women by Gauguin in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, August 2010

Artist: Paul Gauguin (French, Paris 1848–1903 Atuona, Hiva Oa, Marquesas Islands)

Title: Three Tahitian Women

Date: 1896

Medium: Oil on wood

Dimensions: 9 5/8 x 17 in. (24.4 x 43.2 cm)

Classification: Paintings

Credit Line: The Walter H. and Leonore Annenberg Collection, Gift of Walter H. and Leonore Annenberg, 1997, Bequest of Walter H. Annenberg, 2002

Accession Number: 1997.60.3


Gallery Label:

This panel once carried a note by the artist: "To the unknown collector of my works, Greetings— That he may excuse the barbarity of this little picture: the state of my soul is probably the cause. I recommend a modest frame and if possible one with a glass, so that while it ages it can retain its freshness. . . ."

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