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Ia Orana Maria (Ave Maria)

Paul Gauguin French

1891

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 825

Prima di intraprendere una serie di quadri ispirati alle credenze religiose della Polinesia, Gauguin dedicò la sua prima importante opera tahitiana a un tema cristiano, che descrisse in una lettera del marzo 1892: “Un angelo dalle ali gialle si manifesta a Maria e Gesù, entrambi tahitiani, a due donne tahitiane, nude e vestite solo con un pareo, un telo di cotone a fiori stampati che si cinge intorno alla vita. Molto cupo, montagne sullo sfondo e alberi in fiore”. Il titolo di quest’opera fa riferimento alle prime parole pronunciate dall’arcangelo Gabriele alla Vergine Maria al momento dell’Annunciazione: “Ia orana” è il saluto abituale a Tahiti.

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Ia Orana Maria (Hail Mary), Paul Gauguin (French, Paris 1848–1903 Atuona, Hiva Oa, Marquesas Islands), Oil on canvas — Due to rights restrictions, this image cannot be enlarged, viewed at full screen, or downloaded.

Ia Orana Maria (Hail Mary), Paul Gauguin (French, Paris 1848–1903 Atuona, Hiva Oa, Marquesas Islands), Oil on canvas

Ia Orana Maria (Hail Mary), Paul Gauguin (French, Paris 1848–1903 Atuona, Hiva Oa, Marquesas Islands), Oil on canvas

Ia Orana Maria (Hail Mary), Paul Gauguin (French, Paris 1848–1903 Atuona, Hiva Oa, Marquesas Islands), Oil on canvas

Ia Orana Maria (Hail Mary), Paul Gauguin (French, Paris 1848–1903 Atuona, Hiva Oa, Marquesas Islands), Oil on canvas

Ia Orana Maria (Hail Mary), Paul Gauguin (French, Paris 1848–1903 Atuona, Hiva Oa, Marquesas Islands), Oil on canvas

Ia Orana Maria (Hail Mary), Paul Gauguin (French, Paris 1848–1903 Atuona, Hiva Oa, Marquesas Islands), Oil on canvas

Ia Orana Maria (Hail Mary), Paul Gauguin (French, Paris 1848–1903 Atuona, Hiva Oa, Marquesas Islands), Oil on canvas

Ia Orana Maria (Hail Mary), Paul Gauguin (French, Paris 1848–1903 Atuona, Hiva Oa, Marquesas Islands), Oil on canvas

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Fig. 1. Paul Gauguin, Letter to Daniel de Monfreid, March 11, 1892 (Fondation Custodia, Collection Frits Lugt, Paris)

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Fig. 2. Paul Gauguin, "Yellow Christ," 1889, oil on canvas, 36 1/4 x 28 7/8 inches (92.07 x 73.34 cm) (Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo)

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Fig. 3. Anonymous, Dancers at the Javanese Village, 1889, albumen print (Bibliothèque historique de la ville de Paris, Paris Album 4029)

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Fig. 4. Anonymous, Relief from Temple at Borobudur, Java (Top register: The Tathagat Meets an Ajiwaka Monk on the Benares Road; bottom register: Merchant Maitraknayake Greeted by Nymphs), albumen photograph, 9 ¼ x 11 ½ in. (23.5 x 29.2 cm), formerly in the collection of Paul Gauguin (Musée de Tahiti et des îles/Te Fare Manaha, Tahiti)

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Fig. 5. Anonymous, Relief from Temple of Borobudur, Java (Top register: The Assault of Mara; bottom register: Scene from the Bhallatiya-Jakata), albumen photograph, 9 ½ x 11 3/8 in. (24.1 x 28.9 cm), formerly in the collection of Paul Gauguin (Musée de Tahiti et des îles/Te Fare Manaha, Tahiti)

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Fig. 6. Paul Gauguin,"Faa Iheihe," 1898, oil on canvas, 21 ¼ x 66 ¾ in. (54 x 169.5 cm) (Tate Modern, London)

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Fig. 7. Paul Gauguin, "Change of Residence," from the Suite of Late Wood-Block Prints, ca. 1899, woodcut printed in ochre and black on thin Japanese tissue pasted to ivory wove paper, 6 ½ x 11 7/8 in. (Art Institute of Chicago)

Titolo: Ia Orana Maria (Ave Maria)

Artista: Paul Gauguin, Francese, 1848-1903

Data: 1891

Materiale e tecnica: Olio su tela

Dimensioni: 113,7 x 87,6 cm

Crediti: Lascito di Sam A. Lewisohn, 1951

Numero d'inventario: 51.112.2

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