Paul Gauguin s Woman Holding a Fruit Captures the Exoticism and Mystique of the Tropics

Celebrating arts unique power to promote understanding and progress across cultures, Sothebys and Citi Private Bank are partnering to present 5 episodes of Most Famous Artworks. Paul Gauguins Eü haere ia oe (Woman Holding a Fruit) the enigmatic Maori title translates as Where are you going was painted in 1893 and offers a verdant vision of an idealized South Seas maiden along with an examination of the colonial judgment under which she falls. It s housed in Russia s State Hermitage Museum, and has highlighted their permanent collection since 1948.