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Noa Noa (Paperback) Loot Price: R255
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Noa Noa (Paperback): Paul Gauguin

Noa Noa (Paperback)

Paul Gauguin; Edited by Jonathan Griffin

Series: Lives of the Artists

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Gauguin's great diary from Tahiti almost never saw the light of day in its original form. The manuscript was sent by the artist from his island refuge to his friend Charles Morice in Paris, and published in 1901 with immediate success, under the two names of Paul Gauguin and Charles Morice. Morice, with Gauguin's permission, had 'edited' and enlarged it to make it more readable. How much of the charm and crispness of the manuscript had been lost in the process was anyone's guess. It was to be 40 years before Gauguin's original version came to light, and it is published here in a translation by the poet Jonathan Griffin, together with a detailed description by the art historian Jean Loize, who re-discovered the manuscript. Loize shows that Morice had in parts altered Gauguin's text beyond recognition - a startling discovery that entirely changed ideas about Gauguin's style and intentions. This genuine version of Noa-Noa is not only an important document, it is also a beautiful piece of writing: amusing, acid, wide-eyed, moving. Gauguin feared that, unedited, it would seem absurdly crude; and no doubt it would have, to most readers in his day. Today we can appreciate its sketch form, jerky directness, authentic freshness. This edition is illustrated with the watercolours, wood-engravings and drawings that Gauguin assembled for the book.

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Imprint: Pallas Athene Arts
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: Lives of the Artists
Release date: October 2010
First published: March 2011
Authors: Paul Gauguin
Editors: Jonathan Griffin
Dimensions: 145 x 114 x 7mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 96
ISBN-13: 978-1-84368-061-1
Categories: Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > 1800 to 1900 > Impressionism
Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > 1800 to 1900 > Post-Impressionism
Books > Arts & Architecture > Art forms, treatments & subjects > Painting & paintings > General
Books > Arts & Architecture > Art forms, treatments & subjects > Art treatments & subjects > Individual artists > General
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LSN: 1-84368-061-0
Barcode: 9781843680611

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