The Seed of the Areoiis one of the most enigmatic and symbolic paintings of Paul Gauguin’s Tahitian period. The work depicts a nude female figure, seated in a tropical setting, holding an intensely red fruit, interpreted as a symbol of fertility and primordial life. Beside her appears a second figure, mysterious and almost sculptural, recalling the presence of spirits or deities linked to the culture of the Areoi, a ritual brotherhood devoted to dances, myths and ancestral cults. The simplified forms, saturated colours and flat areas of colour enhance the archaic and spiritual dimension of the scene.
Gauguin depicts a myth, an echo of a primordial world that he believed survived in Polynesian life. The painting thus becomes an allegory of creation, of desire and of the sacred bond between humanity, nature and the divine.
Unique quality material
Print on handmade Amalfi paper Sheet size: 29 x 42 cm (11.4 x 16.5 in) With frame: 31 x 44 cm (12.2 x 17.3 in) Material: artwork printed on very fine handmade Amalfi paper with deckled edges Frame: light brown beech wood and wood pulp, handmade
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