The composition features an idyllic vision of Polynesia, dominated by a striking band of saturated red/orange earth flowing through the middle ground. Two Tahitian women clad in white sit beneath trees in the left foreground. The lower right corner bears a signature and date reading 'P. Gauguin 91'.

Dimensions: Canvas: 70 x 88.3 cm. All measurements are approximate.
Framed: 89 x 106 cm. All measurements are approximate.

Note: Fleeing the industrialization of Paris in 1891, Gauguin sought a spiritual purity in Tahiti. The arbitrary use of color in this work??specifically the red ground??was revolutionary, capturing a philosophical construct of an earthly paradise.