Noanoa Planche 39
Coming from Paul Gauguin's famous illustrated travelogue 'Noa Noa,' this woodcut was created to explain his exotic Tahitian paintings to the French public back home. The scene depicts a rustic, almost biblical landscape with three solemn women on the left and cattle wandering through a rugged terrain. Gauguin carved these blocks himself, often with the help of his friend Charles Morice, aiming for a raw, primitive aesthetic that matched his fascination with 'untamed' cultures. The rough, expressive lines give the image a dreamlike, symbolic quality typical of his Symbolist period.
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