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Date : 1898
Sizes : 169 cm x 54 cm
Material : Oil on canvas
Acquisition : On loan from Tate (1997)
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French Painting
Painting
Area related
Tahiti
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Four women, deliberately shown from different angles to demonstrate the varieties of female beauty, and wearing a variety of costumes, are spied on by two men. From 1891, Gauguin spent most of his life in Tahiti, and the title is a corruption of the Tahitian word 'fa 'ai 'ei' 'e, which means to make oneself beautiful for a special occasion.
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