Tahitian Woman with Evil Spirit, ca. 1899 – 1900

Title

Tahitian Woman with Evil Spirit

Draughtsman

• Paul Gauguin

Recto

Tahitian Woman with Evil Spirit

Production Place

• Tahiti

Period Produced

• 19th century

Object Type

• drawing

Physical Description

Blue chalk and watercolour over pencil on thin wove paper

Material

• chalk
• watercolours
• graphite-clay mixture
• vellum paper

Technique

• chalk drawing
• watercolour painting
• brush drawing
• pencil drawing

Geographic Reference

• French

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing
• autonomous drawing

Captions Added Later

Unten links Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356), mit zugehöriger Inventarnummer

Watermark

• Nicht geprüft

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• portrait
• nude

Main Motif

• woman
• head

Primary

• 61BB11 anonymous historical person portrayed - BB - woman
• 31D15 adult woman
• 41D9 (showing oneself) undressed, quasi-nude
• 31AA221 head (human) - AA - female human figure

Secondary

• 31AA22621 hair - AA - female human figure
• 41D2661 necklace
• 25G41 flowers