The Call (painting)

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The Call
The Call (1902) by Paul Gauguin. Original from The Cleveland Museum of Art. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. (50623698536).jpg
Year1902
Dimensions131.3 cm (51.7 in) × 89.5 cm (35.2 in)
Location Cleveland Museum of Art
Accession no.1943.392  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

The Call is a 1902 painting by Paul Gauguin, produced in Marquesas, Polynesia a year before the artist's death. [1] It is now in the Cleveland Museum of Art. [2]

The pose of woman on the right extending her hand is a reference to a frieze from the Parthenon. [3]

References

  1. (in German) Haberfeld, Hugo. "Die französischen Bilder der Sammlung Kohner." Der Cicerone 3 (1911): 579-589.
  2. "Catalogue entry". 30 October 2018.
  3. "The Call, 1902 by Paul Gauguin". Gauguin. Retrieved 2025-08-31.