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Nave Nave Fenua (Delightful Land)

Maker

(artist)
1848-1903

(wood engraver)
1848-1903

(printer)
1883-1961

(publisher)

(printer)
1883-1961

Title

Nave Nave Fenua (Delightful Land)

Date of Production

1893-1894

Medium

Wood engraving

Dimensions

Height: 33.4 cm
Width: 20.4 cm

Accession Number

G.1948.SC.182.6

Mode of Acquisition

Samuel Courtauld, bequest, 1948

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords






Label Text

This print is one of a suite of ten illustrations for Noa Noa, Gauguin’s romanticized account of his first visit to Tahiti in search of an unspoilt native society. Here, he sets the Creation myth in an exotic Tahitian landscape. A dark-skinned Eve, with a face resembling that of his mother, is tempted by a winged lizard. The dual nature of his work is apparent in the delicate balance between subtle suggestive lines, and bold, decorative marks gouged in the wood.

Provenance

Pola Gauguin, Copenhagen, 1921; Leicester Galleries, London, by 1924; purchased by Samuel Courtauld, London, July 1924, for £47.5 (portfolio); Courtauld Bequest, 1948

Exhibition History

Darwin in Paradise Camp: Yuki Kihara, Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, Norwich, 15/03/2025-03/08/2025

The Courtauld Collection. A Vision for Impressionism, Louis Vuitton Foundation, Paris, 20/02/2019-17/06/2019

The Second Hand Re-worked: Art Then and Now, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 18/06/2015-19/07/2015 ...More

Collecting Gauguin: Samuel Courtauld in the 20's, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 20/06/2013-08/09/2013

Once Upon a Time - Artists and Storytelling, Embankment Galleries, Somerset House, London, 24/06/2009-26/07/2009

Special Display - Impressionist Prints, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 13/06/2008-13/10/2008

Gauguin's Tahitian Prints: A Selection from the Noa Noa Album, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/08/2003-30/09/2003

The Courtauld Collection, Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, 26/12/1997-12/05/1998

Drawings and Engravings from the Courtauld Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, December 1959-April 1960 ...Less

Literature

Serres, Karen (ed.), The Courtauld Collection: A Vision for Impressionism, Paul Holberton Publishing 2019
no. 57, pp. 247-253
ill. on p. 253

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