Three Breton women pray for the safety of their families at sea during a storm. Near them are 2 mounds of the seaweed used there as fertilizer. Behind them is the tumultuous sea. Title The Dramas of the Sea - Brittany Creator Paul Gauguin (French, 1848-1903) Date Created 1889 Series Title Dessins lithographiques (The Volpini Suite) Rights Public Domain Medium / Support Zincograph on canary yellow wove paper Dimensions 6 1/2 x 9 in. (image) 19 5/8 x 25 1/2 in. (sheet) Department European Painting and Sculpture 1800-1945 Credit Line Gift of Samuel Josefowitz in tribute to Bret Waller and Ellen Lee by exchange, Caroline Marmon Fesler Fund, Beeler Fund, Anonymous IV Art Fund, Mr. and Mrs. William R. Spurlock Fund, Mrs. Pierre F. Goodrich Endowed Art Fund, Nancy Foxwell Neuberger Acquisition Endowment Fund, Gift of the Alliance of the Indianapolis Museum of Art, Russell and Becky Curtis Art Purchase Endowment Fund, Roger G. Wolcott Fund, E. Hardey Adriance Fine Arts Acquisition Fund in memory of Marguerite Hardey Adriance, Mary V. Black Art Endowment Fund, Cecil F. Head Art Fund, Delavan Smith Fund, Emma Harter Sweetser Fund, Mr. and Mrs. Theodore P. Van Vorhees Art Fund, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Crane Fund, Richard W. and Rosemary W. Lee Memorial Funds Accession Number 2008.359.7
