Noa Noa (Fragrant), from the Noa Noa Suite — Paul Gauguin

Paul Gauguin

Noa Noa (Fragrant), from the Noa Noa Suite

1893/94

Dating
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Held at
Art Institute of Chicago
Medium
Wood-block print in black ink, with touches of reddish-brown watercolor and black ink, over yellow ink tone block and transferred golden-yellow, orange, and green oil-based media, some containing beeswax and conifer resin (probably pine resin), on cream Japanese paper, laid down on heavy cream wove card
Dimensions
35.8 × 20.5 cm (14 1/8 × 8 1/8 in.)
Collection no.
1948.255
Attribution
By the artist
Image rights
CC0 1.0License details

Paul Gauguin. Noa Noa (Fragrant), from the Noa Noa Suite. Paul Gauguin; Art Institute of Chicago; Clarence Buckingham Collection. CC0 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Full-frame proportional resize and JPEG compression.

Collection: Art Institute of Chicago

About this artwork

Noa Noa (Fragrant), from the Noa Noa Suite — Paul Gauguin. 1893/94.

Medium: Wood-block print in black ink, with touches of reddish-brown watercolor and black ink, over yellow ink tone block and transferred golden-yellow, orange, and green oil-based media, some containing beeswax and conifer resin (probably pine resin), on cream Japanese paper, laid down on heavy cream wove card. Dimensions: 35.8 × 20.5 cm (14 1/8 × 8 1/8 in.).

Collection record: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

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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