Head of a Tahitian Woman with a Standing Female Nude on the Reverse, Paul Gauguin

A sculpted head in the form of a hollow mask that contains a carving of a standing nude on the inside. Date: circa 1892 (wood carving) 2013 (photograph). Dimensions: height: 25 cm (9.8 in); width: 20 cm (7.8 in). Medium: wood. Collection: Musée d'Orsay. Paul Gauguin, ca.1891-1893, Tehura (Teha'amana), polychromed pua wood, H. 22.2 cm. Realized during Gauguin's first voyage to Tahiti. Musée d'Orsay, Paris