Art, literature & history
The Grasshoppers and the Ants: A Souvenir of Martinique, from the Volpini Suite: Dessins lithographiques
1889
- Dating
- Exact year
- Medium
- Zincograph on chrome yellow wove paper; first edition
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 13 3/8 × 18 7/8 in. (34 × 48 cm) Image: 8 7/16 × 10 1/4 in. (21.5 × 26.1 cm)
- Collection no.
- 22.82.2(4)
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
Paul Gauguin. The Grasshoppers and the Ants: A Souvenir of Martinique, from the Volpini Suite: Dessins lithographiques. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
About this artwork
The Grasshoppers and the Ants: A Souvenir of Martinique, from the Volpini Suite: Dessins lithographiques — Paul Gauguin. 1889.
Medium: Zincograph on chrome yellow wove paper; first edition. Dimensions: Sheet: 13 3/8 × 18 7/8 in. (34 × 48 cm) Image: 8 7/16 × 10 1/4 in. (21.5 × 26.1 cm).
Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1922.
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.