The Call (painting)

The Call
Year1902
Dimensions131.3 cm (51.7 in) × 89.5 cm (35.2 in)
LocationCleveland Museum of Art
Accession no.1943.392 

The Call is a 1902 painting by Paul Gauguin, produced in Marquesas, Polynesia a year before the artist's death.[1] It is now in the Cleveland Museum of Art.[2]

The pose of woman on the right extending her hand is a reference to a frieze from the Parthenon.[3]

References

  1. ^ (in German) Haberfeld, Hugo. "Die französischen Bilder der Sammlung Kohner." Der Cicerone 3 (1911): 579-589.
  2. ^ "Catalogue entry". 30 October 2018.
  3. ^ "The Call, 1902 by Paul Gauguin". Gauguin. Retrieved 2025-08-31.
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