Woman on a Stroll (The Little Paisienne)

Although primarily known as a painter, Gauguin was a proficient sculptor who strongly influenced modern sculpture. The versions of this statuette that he made himself document his search for a new sculptural style. One was modeled in wax, Degas's preferred medium, and the other in wood, a medium Gauguin made his own. The plaster and bronze versions in the Israel Museum were made after Gauguin's de…