Manao Tupaupau (Spirit of the Dead Watching)

1894

Dating: Exact year
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Lithograph on zinc printed on wove paper for L'Estampe originale, Part 6, April-June 1894
Collection no.: 1984.1203.48
Attribution: By the artist

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

Manao Tupaupau (Spirit of the Dead Watching) — Paul Gauguin. 1894.

Medium: Lithograph on zinc printed on wove paper for L'Estampe originale, Part 6, April-June 1894. Dimensions: .

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: Bequest of Scofield Thayer, 1982.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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