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Dark brown woodcut of two shadowy seated figures at left and a pale flame-like shape with a diagonal form at right, with handwritten title text below.

Mahna no varua ino (The Devil Speaks), from the Noa Noa Suite

A dark, heavily inked woodcut in brown and black shows two seated figures in shadow at left, their forms barely separated from the background. On the right, a pale, flame-like shape rises above a long diagonal form that ends in a clustered, face-like mass, with the handwritten title 'MAHNA NO VARUA INO' printed below.

Artist
Paul Gauguin
Date
1893/94
Medium
Wood-block print, printed twice in brown and black inks, over a yellow, silver-gray and brownish-orange ink tone block, and transferred yell
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
1686 × 969 px
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1894).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Clarence Buckingham Collection

Español: Mahna no varua ino (El diablo habla), xilografía de la serie Noa Noa

Una xilografía oscura, de tintas marrón y negra, muestra dos figuras sentadas en la sombra a la izquierda, apenas separadas del fondo. A la derecha, una forma pálida parecida a una llama se eleva sobre un largo trazo diagonal que termina en una masa agrupada, con aspecto de rostro, y el título escrito a mano debajo.

Português: Mahna no varua ino (O diabo fala), xilogravura da série Noa Noa

Uma xilogravura escura, em tintas marrom e preta, mostra duas figuras sentadas na sombra à esquerda, quase sem se destacar do fundo. À direita, uma forma pálida semelhante a uma chama se eleva sobre um longo traço diagonal que termina em uma massa agrupada, com aspecto de rosto, e o título escrito à mão embaixo.