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How many paintings did Paul Gauguin paint?
The exact number of paintings that Paul Gauguin painted is unknown. However, he did produce more than 500 paintings over the course of his career. Among his body of work are more than 40 self-portraits. His famous paintings include Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?, Tahitian Women on the Beach, When Will You Marry? and Vision After the Sermon. On 1stDibs, shop a variety of Paul Gauguin art from some of the world's top galleries and dealers.
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DEAUX FEMMES MAORIES ACCROUPIES
By Paul Gauguin
Located in Santa Monica, CA
PAUL GAUGUIN (French 1848 - 1903) DEAUX FEMMES MAORIES ACCROUPIES. 1894-5 (Kornfield 26: Guerin 87 ) Zincograph (Lithograph) on smooth, cream imitation Japan paper, edition 200. Pu...
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1890s French School Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Paul Gauguin, "Untitled" Beach Scene, framed lithograph
By Paul Gauguin
Located in Clinton Township, MI
Paul Gauguin is a famous French Post-Impressionist most well known for his paintings created in Tahiti. This is probably from the middle years of his painting career known as his syn...
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Late 19th Century Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

LA ORANA MARIA (HAIL MARY)
By Paul Gauguin
Located in Santa Monica, CA
PAUL GAUGUIN (French 1848 - 1903) LA ORANA MARIA (HAIL MARY) 1894/5 (Mongan/Kornfield 27B:Guerin 51) Transfer zincograph on coarse-grained transfer paper, in...
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1890s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

L'Univers est créé
By Paul Gauguin
Located in London, GB
Gauguin came back to Paris in August 1893 from his first stay in Tahiti, In the luggage numerous drawings and preparatory work for a book designed by him. In collaboration with the writer Charles Morice, parts of the text "NOA NOA" were created in Paris in the winter of 1893-1894. The plan was for a preferred edition with 10 almost identical woodcuts, all of which were made in the winter of 1893-1894. According to the individual proto-prints by Gauguin, the artist left the artist to Louis Roy...
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1890s Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Paul Gauguin Self Portrait
By Paul Gauguin
Located in Dallas, TX
Paul Gauguin (French 1848 - 1903) Recto and Verso sketches Self-Portrait Recto with Portrait of a Woman on Verso. (One sheet). Self portrait shows Gauguin’s profile with eyes gazing...
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1870s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper

"La femme aux figues" original etching
By Paul Gauguin
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original aquatint and soft-ground etching. Executed in 1894; a small edition was printed for the Germinal portfolio before the plate was canceled. This is a posthumous impres...
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Mid-20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Etching

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