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The Woman with Figs
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About this work
The Woman with Figs is one of only two etchings created by Gauguin and was made in collaboration with his friend Armand Séguin, whose address is inscribed in the upper left of the print. Inexperienced with the medium of etching, Gauguin likely drew the composition himself but relied on his friend to help him with the more technically complex aspects of the process such as laying the ground and biting the plate.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineGerminal: The Woman with Figs, 1894, printed 1899. Paul Gauguin (French, 1848–1903), printed by Eugène Delâtre (French, 1864–1938), published by Julius Meier-Graefe (German, 1867–1935). Etching and soft-ground with open bite and selective wiping, printed in green-black ink; image and plate: 26.7 x 44 cm (10 1/2 x 17 5/16 in.); sheet: 44.4 x 59.4 cm (17 1/2 x 23 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Anne Elizabeth Wilson Memorial Fund, 2025.144
