![Sketches of Seated Figures and Chickens (recto), Nude Female Torso (related to the painting Te a no areois [The Seed of the Areoi]) (verso), from the Carnet de Tahiti (Tahitian sketchbook)](https://image.artoryworks.com/iiif/8b6f6b7b-de9c-5592-6227-244b597af362.webp)
Provenance
Sold by Gerald Cramer to the Art Institute of Chicago, February 1955 [acc. to book inscription].
Sketches of Seated Figures and Chickens (recto), Nude Female Torso (related to the painting Te a no areois [The Seed of the Areoi]) (verso), from the Carnet de Tahiti (Tahitian sketchbook)
1891/93
Accession Number
113796
Medium
Graphite (recto); graphite with traces of green watercolor offset (verso); on cream wove paper (removed from a sketchbook)
Dimensions
10.8 × 16.7 cm (4 5/16 × 6 5/8 in.)
Classification
graphite
Credit Line
Carrie Lake Morton Fund
Background & Context
Background Story
Paul Gauguin's Sketches of Seated Figures and Chickens (recto) and Nude Female Torso (verso) (1891/93) is a graphite drawing on cream wove paper from the Carnet de Tahiti. The recto shows seated figures and chickens, the verso a nude female torso related to the painting Te a no areois. This sketchbook page shows Gauguin working out ideas for his Tahitian compositions.
Cultural Impact
Gauguin's Carnet de Tahiti is a precious document of his working process in the South Pacific.
Why It Matters
This sketchbook page shows Gauguin working out compositions for his Tahitian paintings.
