The Drama of the Sea, from the "Volpini Suite: Dessins lithographiques"
Artwork Details
- Title: The Drama of the Sea, from the "Volpini Suite: Dessins lithographiques"
- Series/Portfolio: Dessins Lithographiques
- Artist: Paul Gauguin (French, Paris 1848–1903 Atuona, Hiva Oa, Marquesas Islands)
- Author: Inspired by a story written by Edgar Allan Poe (American, Boston, Massachusetts 1809–1849 Baltimore, Maryland)
- Date: 1889
- Medium: Zincograph on chrome yellow wove paper; first edition
- Dimensions: 6 3/4 x 10 3/4 in. (17.1 x 27.3 cm)
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1922
- Object Number: 22.82.2(7)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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