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Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?, 1897–1898 |
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Details | Description | |||
Artist | Gauguin, Eugène Henri Paul | In December, 1897, Gauguin had felt unable to stand any longer the life of intermittent sickness and increasing debts he was leading in Tahiti. He resolved to kill himself, but before doing so he decided to draw upon all his remaining strength to paint a last important composition. He has told in great detail the story of this work: |
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Date | 1897–1898 |
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Institution | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston | |||
Medium | Oil on canvas | |||
Dimensions | 139.1 x 374.6 cm | |||