Two Women
Gauguin based this formidable composition on a photograph of two women seated side by side on the stoop of a house. He painted it just before or after his 1901 departure from Tahiti for the Marquesas Islands.
Artwork Details
- Title: Two Women
- Artist: Paul Gauguin (French, Paris 1848–1903 Atuona, Hiva Oa, Marquesas Islands)
- Date: 1901 or 1902
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Dimensions: 29 x 36 1/4 in. (73.7 x 92.1 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
- Object Number: 1997.391.3
- Curatorial Department: European Paintings
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