Ia Orana Maria (Hail Mary) — Paul Gauguin (1891)

Gauguin reimagined the Annunciation in Tahiti and considered it his most important Polynesian religious painting; the title, meaning "Hail Mary," is inscribed directly on the canvas in Tahitian.

Paul Gauguin, 1891 — The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

• Honest scale — sizes listed in inches — the original is 113.7 × 87.6 cm.
• Source recorded — public-domain master scan, printed on matte stretched canvas, 0.75″ deep. Made to order.

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