Praying Mantis
Woodcut
circa 1940s (made)
circa 1940s (made)
| Artist/Maker |
In this woodcut Paul Rene Gauguin (1911-1976) makes uses of different patterns of woodgrain to reflect sky and sea, and shaped blocks combined with a fine line for the other elements. Gauguin was a Norwegian painter and sculptor primarily, who learned the woodcut printmaking technique in the early 1930s whilst on fishing trips in the Mediterranean.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Praying Mantis |
| Materials and techniques | wood-cut print on paper |
| Brief description | Colour woodcut, with some added hand-colouring. Paul René Gauguin. Praying Mantis, circa 1940s. |
| Physical description | Praying Mantis; Three praying mantis, each a different colour - red, green and yellow; Wood-cut print on paper. |
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| Style | |
| Copy number | No 6 of 25 |
| Subject depicted | |
| Summary | In this woodcut Paul Rene Gauguin (1911-1976) makes uses of different patterns of woodgrain to reflect sky and sea, and shaped blocks combined with a fine line for the other elements. Gauguin was a Norwegian painter and sculptor primarily, who learned the woodcut printmaking technique in the early 1930s whilst on fishing trips in the Mediterranean. |
| Bibliographic reference | Taken from Departmental Circulation Register 1958 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | CIRC.20-1958 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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