Collection

Change of Residence (Changement de Residence)

Paul Gauguin

Brooklyn Museum photograph

Object Label

Paul Gauguin based this composition on details of a sculptural relief from the eighth– to ninth-century temple complex of Borobudur, in central Java, Indonesia, which he knew from a photograph in his possession. The hands of the three Tahitian women on the left form the mudra position namaskara, a gesture of greeting and adoration, in imitation of three Buddhist monks in the relief.

Caption

Paul Gauguin (French, 1848–1903). Change of Residence (Changement de Residence), 1899. Woodcut on Eastern laid paper adhered overall to wove paper, Image: 6 9/16 x 12 1/8 in. (16.7 x 30.8 cm) Sheet: 6 9/16 x 12 1/8 in. (16.7 x 30.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, By exchange, 37.152. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Title

Change of Residence (Changement de Residence)

Date

1899

Geography

Place made: France

Medium

Woodcut on Eastern laid paper adhered overall to wove paper

Classification

Print

Dimensions

Image: 6 9/16 x 12 1/8 in. (16.7 x 30.8 cm) Sheet: 6 9/16 x 12 1/8 in. (16.7 x 30.8 cm)

Signatures

Signed lower right in block, "Paul Gauguin fecit"

Inscriptions

Upper left in block: "22"; upper right in block: "TAHITI"

Credit Line

By exchange

Accession Number

37.152

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Artists and makers

Paul Gauguin

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