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A work made of charcoal and wetted charcoal, with stumping and erasing, on cream wove paper, selectively fixed.

Heads of Tahitian Women, Frontal and Profile Views

Paul Gauguin · 1891/93

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Palette

Sand
 68% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 8.8:1
Taupe
 13% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.6:1
Chalk
 8% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 18.3:1
Sepia
 6% of the image
Brown · text contrast 8.0:1
Graphite
 3% of the image
Black · text contrast 11.6:1
Pale stone
 2% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 11.9:1

Colours measured by this site from the museum image (k-means in CIELAB). Names are the nearest in our own list and describe how the colour looks, not the pigment. Text on each chip uses whichever of black or white contrasts more (WCAG ratio shown). How

Details

Artist
Paul Gauguin
French, 1848-1903
Date
1891/93
Type
Drawing & watercolour
Medium
Charcoal and wetted charcoal, with stumping and erasing, on cream wove paper, selectively fixed
Size
41.3 × 32.5 cm (16 5/16 × 12 13/16 in.)
Place
France
Period
Post-Impressionism · 19th century
Themes
Portraits
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 68, colourfulness 19

Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of David Adler and his friends. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's is_public_domain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules

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