ID: 700009320 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700009320	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Manao Tupapau (woodcut (print); Paul Gauguin, French, 1848–1903; 1893/1894; Museum of Fine Arts (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts, ...; 60.324; )

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:

woodcut (print) [300041405] (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)

Classifications:

prints (preferred)

Creation Date: 1893/1894

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: 60.324

Credit Line: Bequest of W. G. Russell Allen

Display Materials: Woodcut printed by Gauguin in black and brown over yellowish tint on dark cream wove paper, varnished

	varnishing [300053825]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <additive and joining processes and techniques>, <surface covering processes and techniques>, coating (process))

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

	woodcut (process) [300053296]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <image-making processes and techniques>, <printing and printing processes and techniques>, printing processes, relief printing processes)

	wove paper [300014187]
	.......(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 production method>)

Dimensions: Framed: 40.6 x 54.6 x 2.5 cm (16 x 21 1/2 x 1 in.); Overall: 21.1 x 36.2cm (8 5/16 x 14 1/4in.

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: William G. Russell Allen, Boston (1882-1955); his bequest, accessioned 1960

Inscriptions: Upper left quadrant: Manao / tupapau

Related Works:

	printed from same plate/block .... Manao Tupapau [700000332]
	..........color woodcut; Paul Gauguin, French, 1848–1903; 1893/1894, probably printed 19...; Museum of Fine Arts (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts, ...; 55.242;

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-)