Drawing
Head of a Tahitian Woman
Paul Gauguin (French, 1848–1903). 1891. graphite with stumping and graphite wash on parchment. Explore the catalogue record, image rights and documented connections from The Cleveland Museum of Art.
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Paul Gauguin across 3 collections
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- Mahana Atua (Day of the Gods) [recto]National Gallery of Art · 1894 · 1943.3.1726.a · Compare side by side →
- Two Title Pages for "Le Sourire" (Les deux titres du Sourire) [verso]National Gallery of Art · 1899 · 1943.3.1726.b · Compare side by side →
- Arlésiennes (Mistral)The Art Institute of Chicago · 1888 · 1934.391 · Compare side by side →
- Merahi metua no Tehamana (Tehamana Has Many Parents or The Ancestors of Tehamana)The Art Institute of Chicago · 1893 · 1980.613 · Compare side by side →
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DrawingObject type
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Drawing
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Source normalization checked 2026-10-21 · 2026-10-20.1
GraphiteMaterial
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The Cleveland Museum of Art supplies “graphite with stumping and graphite wash on parchment; [object Object]” in its medium/materials field. This label was normalized by the documented import rule.
graphite with stumping and graphite wash on parchment; [object Object]
Catalogue: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Automated source-field normalization; no independent visual interpretation.
Source normalization checked 2026-10-21 · 2026-10-20.1
ParchmentMaterial
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The Cleveland Museum of Art supplies “graphite with stumping and graphite wash on parchment; [object Object]” in its medium/materials field. This label was normalized by the documented import rule.
graphite with stumping and graphite wash on parchment; [object Object]
Catalogue: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Automated source-field normalization; no independent visual interpretation.
Source normalization checked 2026-10-21 · 2026-10-20.1
DrawingTechnique
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The Cleveland Museum of Art supplies “graphite with stumping and graphite wash on parchment” in its medium/techniques field. This label was normalized by the documented import rule.
graphite with stumping and graphite wash on parchment
Catalogue: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Automated source-field normalization; no independent visual interpretation.
Source normalization checked 2026-10-21 · 2026-10-20.1
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