Paul Gauguin French, 1848 – 1903
Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?, 1897–98
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Gauguin's largest painting, made in Tahiti in a period of illness and despair. To be read from right to left, like a frieze, from a sleeping infant to an old woman near death, with an idol presiding over the cycle of life.
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The title is written in the top left corner, on a gold patch that looks like a worn fresco.
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