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Spirit of the Dead Watching (1892) by Paul Gauguin, from the Original, Art Print on Canvas
Spirit of the Dead Watching (1892) by Paul Gauguin, from the Original, Art Print on Canvas
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Public domain art, digitally enhanced in high resolution. Oil on canvas.
Spirit of the Dead Watching (Manao Tupapau) is an 1892 oil on burlap canvas painting by Paul Gauguin, depicting a nude Tahitian girl lying on her stomach. An old woman is seated behind her. Gauguin has said the title may refer to either the girl imagining the ghost, or the ghost imagining her.
The subject of the painting is Gauguin's 13-year-old native "wife" Teha'Amana (called Tehura in his letters), who one night, according to Gauguin, was lying in fear when he arrived home late: "immobile, naked, lying face downward flat on the bed with the eyes inordinately large with fear.....Might she not with my frightened face take me for one of the demons and spectres, one of the Tupapaus, with which the legends of her race give people sleepless nights?"
Gauguin was suffering from advanced venereal disease when he arrived in Tahiti, and he passed it onto Teha'Amana, who was his first sexual partner on the island.
Printed artwork on this premium satin canvas. Host your exhibition, sell merchandise, decorate your home, or make a stunning gift of art. Each pre-stretched canvas comes with a wooden inner frame.
.: 100% Polyester
.: Wooden inner frame
.: Metallic mounts on the back of canvas
.: Horizontal and vertical options available
.: For indoor use
.: Ready to hang
.: Printed on demand and shipped from the UK
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