Spirit of the Dead Watching
Paul Gauguin · 1892
The story
Spirit of the Dead Watching (Manao tupapau) is an 1892 oil on burlap canvas painting by Paul Gauguin, depicting a nude Tahitian girl lying on her stomach. An old woman is seated behind her. Gauguin said the title may refer to either the girl imagining the ghost, or the ghost imagining her.
- Artist
- Paul Gauguin
- Date
- 1892
- Collection
- Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo, United States
- Movement
- Post-impressionism
- Medium
- oil paint, canvas
- Size
- 72.4 × 92.4 cm
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