Arii Matamoe

Arii Matamoe (The Royal End)
Arii Matamoe (The Royal End)
Artist	Paul Gauguin
Year	1892
Catalogue	2008.5
Type	Oil on coarse fabric
Dimensions	45.1 cm × 74.3 cm (17.8 in × 29.3 in)
Location	J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, California

Arii Matamoe or The Royal End (French: La Fin royale) is a painting on coarse cloth by the French artist Paul Gauguin, created in 1892 during the painter's first visit to Tahiti. It depicts a man's severed head on a pillow, displayed before mourners, and although it did not depict a common or contemporary Tahitian mourning ritual, may have been inspired by the death of Pōmare V in 1891 shortly after Gauguin's arrival.^[2] A curator for the J. Paul Getty Museum suggested Gauguin likely painted the canvas "to shock Parisians" upon his expected return to the city.^[2]

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^ ^a ^b Wyatt, Edward (March 12, 2008). "Getty Museum Buys a Seldom-Exhibited Gauguin". The New York Times. Retrieved December 16, 2015.

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[Wyatt12Mar-2] Wyatt, Edward (March 12, 2008). "Getty Museum Buys a Seldom-Exhibited Gauguin". The New York Times. Retrieved December 16, 2015.

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