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Tahitians Fishing by Paul Gauguin — VisualArtsDB

Tahitians Fishing

Tahitians Fishing

1891–1893

Medium: Brush and black ink, over brush and brown ink (originally purple), with watercolor and gouache on parchment, laid down on brown wove paper
Dimensions: 24.9 × 31.6 cm (9 13/16 × 12 1/2 in.)
Genre: pen and ink drawings
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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drawings (visual works)pen and ink drawingsprints and drawingwatercolorpaper (fiber product)

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