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Parau na te Varua ino (Words of the Devil)

Paul Gauguin · 1892

Palette

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Artist

Paul Gauguin
1848–1903

Date

1892

Type

Painting

Medium

oil on canvas

Size

overall: 91.76 × 68.5 cm (36 1/8 × 26 15/16 in.)

Place

French

Period

19th century

Main colour

Green · lightness 41, colourfulness 28

National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of the W. Averell Harriman Foundation in memory of Marie N. Harriman. Museum record. Public domain. United States: National Gallery of Art marks it open access (published_images.openaccess = 1: public domain, CC0). Europe: Artist died 1903: public domain in the EU since 1 January 1974. Last checked 2026-10-31 (published_images.openaccess = 1: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules