The painting, one of about a dozen Tahitian works by Gauguin remaining in private hands, is a deeply colorful, sun-drenched canvas.
Having returned to Paris from Morocco in the spring of 1913, he began creating paintings that were simpler and more layered than the boldly colorful, sun-filled canvases that had been his signature.
The myths about eclipses are colorful: the sun and moon fighting or making love, hungry wolves or snakes devouring the light.
"For a long time, I felt there was a need for this," said Alexandra Kotur, the alabaster-skinned creative director at Town & Country, who in 2011 helped found the Parasol brand of colorful and coordinated sun-protective clothing (a linen dress is $295).
On a bright hot Saturday on June 13, I showed up at Glam's apartment a modest, whistle-clean three-bedroom awash with sun and colorful pop art.
"I was not scared but our forces were too weak," he said, his sleeve bearing a colorful insignia of the sun rising over a Chechen mountain.
At first glance, the pair look like lovebirds -- especially given their obvious affection -- but Waldoooo commented that Ava, the colorful female, is a sun conure parakeet, and the smaller male, Levi, is a blue quaker parrot.
And in HOLLYWOOD HILLS (Little, Brown, $26.99), Joseph Wambaugh takes us on a great ride with the folks in blue at the most colorful cop-shop under the sun.
The theater became a striking beauty, with its delightful green, red and yellow façade decorated with colorful windows and a carved sun and moon.
Now here comes HOLLYWOOD HILLS (Little, Brown, $26.99), extending another golden opportunity to ride with the uniformed crew at what must be the most colorful cop-shop under the sun.
