The Call
1902
Paul Gauguin
Paul Gauguin (French, 1848–1903)
Modern European Painting and Sculpture
The Call, 1902. Paul Gauguin (French, 1848–1903). Oil on fabric; framed: 160.5 x 119 x 9.5 cm (63 3/16 x 46 7/8 x 3 3/4 in.); unframed: 131.3 x 89.5 cm (51 11/16 x 35 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Hanna Fund 1943.392 Although known as one of the founders of modern art, Gauguin found inspiration in ancient Greek, Roman, and Egyptian art. The woman with the pointing finger on the right side of this painting was taken from a figure on the Parthenon frieze.
- Maker/Artist
- Gauguin, Paul
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- oil on fabric
- Dimensions
- Framed: 160.5 x 119 x 9.5 cm (63 3/16 x 46 7/8 x 3 3/4 in.); Unframed: 131.3 x 89.5 cm (51 11/16 x 35 1/4 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: Signed lower right: P. Gauguin / 1902
- Departments
- Modern European Painting and Sculpture
- Accession Number
- 1943.392
- Credit Line
- Gift of the Hanna Fund
- Exhibitions
- A Loan Exhibition of Paul Gauguin for the Benefit of the New York Infirmary, The Variety of Artistic Production, Gauguin in Tahiti, Masterpieces From Museums and Private Collections, Paul Gauguin, His Place in the Meeting of East and West, An Exhibition of Paintings, Engravings and Sculpture by Gauguin, The Turn of the Century-Exhibition of Masterpieces, In Memoriam: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr., Gauguin: Paintings, Drawings, Prints, Sculpture, Creativity in Art and Science, 1860-1960, Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum, Paul Gauguin: Paris, 1889, <em>Exposition Paul Gauguin.</em> Galerie Ambroise Vollard, Paris, France (1903)., <em>Manet and the Post-Impressionists</em>. Grafton Galleries, London, United Kingdom (1910-1911)., <em>Städtische Ausstellungshalle am Aachener Tor.</em> Internationale Kunstausstellung des Sonderbundes westdeutscher Kunstfreunde und Künstler. Cologne, Germany (1912)., <em>Exhibition of Modern French Paintings</em>. Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI (1931)., <em>Five Centuries of European Painting</em>. Los Angeles Museum, Los Angeles, CA (1933)., <em>An Exhibition of Literature and Poetry in Painting since 1850</em>. Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT (1933)., <em>A Century of Progress Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture.</em> Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL (1934)., <em>Paul Gauguin 1848-1903.</em> Wildenstein & Co, New York, NY: 1936; Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, MA: 1936. Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD (1936)., <em>Masters of French 19th Century Painting.</em> New Burlington Galleries, London. United Kingdom (1936)., <em>The Great Tradition of French Painting</em>. Wildenstein & Co, New York, NY (1939).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 222 Impressionism & Post-Impressionism
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