Perhaps the most impressive works here are the smallest: archaized lithographs of fish and wolves, created to accompany poems by his close friend, Henri Michaux. |
Because Gauguin simplified and archaized the figures, he did not sully the dignity of the four Arlesian women arrayed as if in ritual procession. |
If you are not an insider, the Qing Dynasty snuffbox or the old watch might just be an archaized article produced last year. |