ID: 700000332 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700000332	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Manao Tupapau (color woodcut; Paul Gauguin, French, 1848–1903; 1893/1894, probably printed 19...; Museum of Fine Arts (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts, ...; 55.242; )

Titles:

Manao Tupapau (preferred,C,U,RP,Tahitian,U,U)

The Spirit of the Dead Watching (C,U,TR,English,U,U)

Manao Tupapau (The Spirit of the Dead Watching) (C,U,RD,undetermined,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

color woodcut (print) [300041412] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, prints (visual works), <prints by process or technique>, <prints by process: transfer method>, relief prints, woodcuts (prints))

Classifications:

prints (preferred)

Creation Date: 1893/1894, probably printed 1900/1910

Creator Display:

Paul Gauguin, French, 1848–1903 [preferred,VP]

woodcutter Gauguin, Paul (French painter and printmaker, 1848-1903) Extent: execution [500011421]

Locations:

Current: Museum of Fine Arts (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts, United States) [500305147] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 55.242

Credit Line: William A. Sargent Fund

Display Materials: Woodcut printed in red, green and brown on thin Japanese paper

	ink [300015012]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>)

	color woodcuts (prints) [300041412]
	.......(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, prints (visual works), <prints by process or technique>, <prints by process: transfer method>, relief prints, woodcuts (prints))

	Japanese paper (handmade paper) [300014143]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>, paper (fiber product), <paper by form>)

Dimensions: Block: 20.5 x 35.5 cm (8 1/16 x 14 in.) Sheet: 24.9 x 38.6 cm (9 13/16 x 15 3/16 in.)

Cultures:

European (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Post-Impressionist [300021508] (preferred,N/A)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, European, <modern European styles and movements>, <modern European fine arts styles and movements>)

General Subject:

human figures (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	death [300151836]
	.....(Activities Facet, Events (hierarchy name), events (activities), personal life events) (AAT)

	human females [300025943]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by gender or sex>) (AAT)

Provenance: Collections of Durio, Vollard; William H. Schab, NY; from whom purchased by MFA April 14, 1955

Inscriptions: Upper left quadrant: Manao / tupapau

Related Works:

	printed from same plate/block .... Manao Tupapau [700009320]
	..........woodcut (print); Paul Gauguin, French, 1848–1903; 1893/1894; Museum of Fine Arts (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts, ...; 60.324;

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

Sources and Contributors:
Manao Tupapau	........ [VP]
	........ Museum of Fine Arts, Boston [online] (2003-)
The Spirit of the Dead Watching	........ [VP]
	........ Museum of Fine Arts, Boston [online] (2003-)
Manao Tupapau (The Spirit of the Dead Watching)	........ [VP]
	........ Museum of Fine Arts, Boston [online] (2003-)

Subject: ....... [VP]

....................... Museum of Fine Arts, Boston [online] (2003-)