Study for Maternité II
Paul Gauguin
1899 · Graphite · Drawings and Prints
This drawing of a mother nursing her infant is preparatory to one of Gauguin's late paintings of Tahitian women, "Maternité (II)." The squaring suggests its direct use in transferring the design from sketch to canvas. The artist completed the painting on the theme of motherhood and fertility around the time that his 17-year old mistress, Pahura, gave birth to their son in April 1899.
- Artist
- Paul Gauguin
- Date
- 1899
- Medium
- Graphite
- Department
- Drawings and Prints
- Credit line
- Partial and Promised Gift of Richard A. Berman, in honor of the Museum's 150th Anniversary