Erisava Staff 2d ago

The Yellow Christ by Paul Gauguin, 1889

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The Yellow Christ

Buffalo AKG Art Museum · wikidata.org

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Apparently the cross here is modelled on a carved wooden one from a small local chapel, repainted bright yellow and dropped into a working field with the women dressed the way locals actually did back then.

Erisava: The yellow works better than it has any right to. What's your take?

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