
Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) Mahna no varua ino (The Devil Speaks) (recto) Oviri (Savage) (verso) Woodcut, 1893-4, on thick Japan, printed by Louis Roy in dark brown, black, red and yellow, with handcolouring in pink, with a proof impression of OVIRI, woodcut, 1894 printed on verso, worked over with wash Subject: 20.5 x 35.5 cm Provenance: P. & D. Colnaghi, London, 1975 Literature: Guerin 34 recto, 48 verso; Mongan/Kornfeld/ Joachim 19.IV.D recto, 35 verso Mongan/Kornfeld/ Joachim mention examples of Mahna no varua ino and Oviri being printed on the same sheet in various recorded impressions listed in the entries for each print