TWO NEW EXHIBITS OPEN AT THE PRINCETON ART MUSEUM THIS FALL

Paul Gauguin, French, 1848–1903, Noa Noa (Fragrant Scent) from the Noa Noa suite,1894. Woodcut printed in black on thin, light gray Japanese paper, block: 35.4 x 20.3 cm.; sheet: 36.6 x 21.6 cm. Yale University Art Gallery. Bequest of Ralph Kirkpatrick, Hon. MA 1965 [1984.54.91] / courtesy Yale University Art Gallery
Gauguin's Paradise Remembered: The Noa Noa Prints
WHEN: September 25, 2010, to January 2, 2011
WHERE: Princeton University Art Museum

Gauguin's Paradise Remembered: The Noa Noa Prints will focus on the 10 revolutionary Noa Noa (Fragrance) woodcuts produced by Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) in Paris during the winter and spring of 1893-94 following the artist's first Tahitian voyage.

Gauguin’s Paradise Remembered: The Noa Noa Prints is made possible by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the Joseph L. Shulman Foundation Fund for Publications, the Frances E. and Elias Wolf, Class of 1920, Fund, the Judith and Anthony B. Evnin, Class of 1962, Exhibition Fund, an anonymous foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Partners and Friends of the Princeton University Art Museum.

Green, Amber, Cream: Forgotten Art of a Ceramic Workshop in Shanxi, China

WHEN: September 25, 2010, to January 9, 2011

WHERE: Princeton University Art Museum

Green, Amber, Cream is a special research exhibition brings together Princeton, Metropolitan, and Philadelphia sculptures to introduce the almost-forgotten art of the Ming period in hopes of finding additional surviving examples and information.

Chinese, Ming dynasty, 1368-–1644, Qiao Bin, the younger, act. ca. 1480-after 1500
Guanyin, 1500 Earthenware with tri-color (sancai) glaze h. 68.5 cm
Museum purchase, in memory of Frederick W. Mote through the Fowler McCormick, Class of 1921, Fund[2005-63] (Photo: Bruce M. White)

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