The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of July 31, 2026

A horizontally oriented black ink woodcut depicts figures gathered around a bonfire in dense white hatching. On the left, three seated people face away or toward the fire. To the right, five silhouetted figures huddle around a large blaze of jagged white lines. At the bottom center, block letters read "MAHNA NO VARUA INO." The composition contrasts these bright, textured highlights against a dark background to evoke flickering nocturnal light.

Noa Noa; The Devil Speaks (Mahna No Varua Ino)

1893–94

Paul Gauguin

(French, 1848–1903)
France, 19th century
woodcut
Dudley P. Allen Fund 1929.878.8
Catalogue raisonné: G.95; M/K/J 19
Location: Not on view
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