In the Waves (Dans les Vagues)

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In the Waves (Dans les Vagues), 1889. oil on canvas.

oil on canvas · Framed: 123.8 x 106 x 7 cm · Cleveland Museum of Art · Symbolism

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Museum title: In the Waves (Dans les Vagues)
Artist: Paul Gauguin (French, 1848–1903)
Date: 1889
Medium: oil on canvas
Dimensions: Framed: 123.8 x 106 x 7 cm (48 3/4 x 41 3/4 x 2 3/4 in.); Unframed: 92.5 x 72.4 cm (36 7/16 x 28 1/2 in.)
Credit line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William Powell Jones
Image license: CC0 1.0 · Public domain
Museum record: Cleveland Museum of Art

Artist’s life 1848–1903

Symbolism c. 1880–1910

Galler’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.