Leda (Design for a China Plate) (Leda [Projet d'assiette])
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Caption
Paul Gauguin (French, 1848–1903). Leda (Design for a China Plate) (Leda [Projet d'assiette]), 1889. Hand-colored zincograph on China paper, Image (Diameter): 8 in. (20.3 cm) Sheet: 13 x 10 in. (33 x 25.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Collection Fund, 38.116. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
Gallery
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Gallery
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Artist
Title
Leda (Design for a China Plate) (Leda [Projet d'assiette])
Date
1889
Geography
Place made: France
Medium
Hand-colored zincograph on China paper
Classification
Dimensions
Image (Diameter): 8 in. (20.3 cm) Sheet: 13 x 10 in. (33 x 25.4 cm)
Signatures
Upper left of circle in plate monogram in reverse: "PGO."
Inscriptions
Upper left of circle in plate in reverse: "homis [sic] soit qui mal y pense" Underneath composition in reverse: "Projet d'asiet [sic] en 89"
Credit Line
Museum Collection Fund
Accession Number
38.116
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