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Spirit of the Dead Watching - Paul Gauguin
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Spirit of the Dead Watching

Paul Gauguin · 1892

Oil on canvas · 72.4 × 92.4 cm

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Where to see it

Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo

About the painting

Spirit of the Dead Watching (Manao tupapau) is an 1892 oil on burlap canvas painting by Paul Gauguin, depicting a nude Tahitian girl lying on her stomach. An old woman is seated behind her. Gauguin said the title may refer to either the girl imagining the ghost, or the ghost imagining her.

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Style, subject and colours

Post-ImpressionismGenre sceneNudePortraitWomanChildBrownBlueGray

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Image: Paul Gauguin; Wikimedia Commons · public domain

Spirit of the Dead Watching - Paul Gauguin

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