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Merahi metua no Tehamana (Tehamana Has Many Parents or The Ancestors of Tehamana)

Paul Gauguin, 1893

Merahi metua no Tehamana (Tehamana Has Many Parents or The Ancestors of Tehamana) by Paul Gauguin
Merahi metua no Tehamana (Tehamana Has Many Parents or The Ancestors of Tehamana) by Paul Gauguin, 53 cm × 75 cm
1.70 m
Both at true scale.

53 cm × 75 cm

About the size of a bathroom mirror. You would need 2 of them to reach a person's height.

Against things you know the size of

This work 75 cm Phone 15 cm A4 sheet 30 cm Person 1.7 m Doorway 2.03 m
Height
75 cm
Width
53 cm
Medium
Oil on jute canvas
Kind
Painting
Made in
France
Where the measurement comes from
Measured by the museum. The dimension is the one recorded by the institution that holds the work.
As the museum records it
75 × 53 cm (29 1/2 × 20 7/8 in.)
Credit
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Deering McCormick

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Five questions, answered from its own record. What is AGAI?

How big is it?
53 cm × 75 cm. About the size of a bathroom mirror. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?
Made 1893. It is in the public domain, and The Art Institute of Chicago publishes it for open use.
Whose is it?
Everyone’s to see. It is held by The Art Institute of Chicago: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Deering McCormick.
How was it made?
Oil on jute canvas, made in France, Post-Impressionism.
Who speaks for it?
Its record at The Art Institute of Chicago. Measured by the museum. This gallery adds nothing it cannot cite.

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