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title: Self-portrait with Manao Tupapau by Gauguin
author: Musée d'Orsay
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/15731/self-portrait-with-manao-tupapau-by-gauguin/
format: machine-readable-alternate
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Self-portrait with Manao Tupapau by Gauguin

_Authored by Musée d'Orsay_

## Image File

[![Self-portrait with Manao Tupapau by Gauguin](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/15731.png)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/15731.png)

## Image Caption

An 1893-4 oil on canvas, *Self-portrait with Manao Tupapau*, by [Paul Gauguin](https://www.worldhistory.org/Paul_Gauguin/) (1848-1903), the French post-impressionist painter. The artist painted this while in [Paris](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/paris/) where he was attempting to exhibit his works painted in Polynesia. In the background is Gauguin's *Manao Tupapau* (*The Spirit of the Dead Watching*), which he considered one of his most important South Pacific paintings. (Musée d'Orsay, Paris)

## Cite This Work

### APA
d'Orsay, M. (2022, April 26). Self-portrait with Manao Tupapau by Gauguin. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/15731/self-portrait-with-manao-tupapau-by-gauguin/>
### Chicago
d'Orsay, Musée. "Self-portrait with Manao Tupapau by Gauguin." *World History Encyclopedia*, April 26, 2022. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/15731/self-portrait-with-manao-tupapau-by-gauguin/>.
### MLA
d'Orsay, Musée. "Self-portrait with Manao Tupapau by Gauguin." *World History Encyclopedia*, 26 Apr 2022, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/15731/self-portrait-with-manao-tupapau-by-gauguin/>.

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