Ia Orana Maria (Hail Mary), 1891, Oil on canvas, 44 3/4 x 34 1/2 in. (113.7 x 87.6 cm), Paintings, Paul Gauguin (French, Paris 1848–1903 Atuona, Hiva Oa, Marquesas Islands), Before embarking on a series of pictures inspired by Polynesian religious beliefs, Gauguin devoted this, his first major Tahitian canvas, to a Christian theme, describing it in a letter of March 1892: 'An angel with yellow wings reveals Mary and Jesus, both Tahitians, to two Tahitian women, nudes dressed in pareus, a sort of cotton cloth printed with flowers that can be draped from the waist
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Ia Orana Maria, Hail Mary, 1891, Oil, canvas, 44 3/4 x 34 1/2, 113.7 87.6 cm, Paintings, Paul Gauguin, French, Paris, 1848–1903, Atuona, Hiva Oa, Marquesas Islands, embarking, series, pictures inspired, Polynesian religious, beliefs, Gauguin devoted, first major, Tahitian, Christian theme, describing, letter, March 1892, angel, yellow wings, reveals, Mary, Jesus, Tahitians, two Tahitian, women, nudes dressed, pareus, sort, cotton cloth, printed, flowers, draped, waist
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