Paul Gauguin: The Prints

Prestel, 2012. Hardcover. New. 160pp. Small square quarto [27.5 cm] Bright orange cloth over boards with an illustrated paper label on the front board. Still in the publisher's unopened shrink wrap. Universally revered as one of the founding fathers of modern painting, Paul Gauguin was also an accomplished printer. Working mostly in woodcuts, he translated his fascination with life in the South Seas into pieces of extraordinary beauty and simplicity.