# Otahi > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Otahi > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Otahi.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otahi > Source revision: 1354364102 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 1893 painting by Paul Gauguin Otahi Artist Paul Gauguin Year 1893 Medium Oil on Canvas Dimensions 50 cm × 73 cm (20 in × 29 in) Location Los Angeles County Museum of Art **Otahi** (French: Seule - English: Alone) is an 1893 [oil on canvas](/source/Oil_on_canvas) painting by the [Post-Impressionist](/source/Post-Impressionist) artist [Paul Gauguin](/source/Paul_Gauguin).[1] Painted in [Tahiti](/source/Tahiti), the pose the subject takes is considered one to have been [taboo](/source/Taboo) as it is one where the woman makes herself ready for sexual penetration. The woman wears a [pareo](/source/Pareo) around her loin.[2] The work was part of a lawsuit between Russian billionaire [Dmitry Rybolovlev](/source/Dmitry_Rybolovlev), Swiss art dealer [Yves Bouvier](/source/Yves_Bouvier), and the auction house [Sotheby's](/source/Sotheby's), with the former accusing the two latter parties of inflating prices. Otahi, which was purchased by Rybolovlev for a reputed sum of $120 million US, only resold for some odd $50 million US, resulting in a considerable loss.[3][4] In 2025, the painting was given to the [Los Angeles County Museum of Art](/source/Los_Angeles_County_Museum_of_Art) by the estate of [Jerry Perenchio](/source/Jerry_Perenchio).[5] ## See also - [List of most expensive paintings](/source/List_of_most_expensive_paintings) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Now on View: Paul Gauguin, Otahi (1893)"](https://portlandartmuseum.org/now-on-view-paul-gauguin-otahi-1893/). 21 May 2015. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Gamboni, Dario (15 September 2014). [*Paul Gauguin: The Mysterious Centre of Thought*](https://books.google.com/books?id=w7DQCQAAQBAJ&dq=otahi+paul+gauguin&pg=PA180). Reaktion Books. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9781780234083](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781780234083). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Russian Billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev Accuses Sotheby's of Price Inflation in a $380 Million Suit"](https://news.artnet.com/art-world/dmitry-rybolovlev-sothebys-suit-1362958). 3 October 2018. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["A $100 Million Mystery: A Russian, His Art, and His Big Losses"](https://www.bloombergquint.com/amp/pursuits/a-100-million-mystery-a-russian-his-art-and-his-big-losses). 25 February 2017. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** [https://collections.lacma.org/node/2312090](https://collections.lacma.org/node/2312090) v t e Paul Gauguin Paintings List of paintings Mette Asleep on a Sofa (1875) Study of a Nude (1880) Still Life with Profile of Laval (1886) Still Life with a Sketch after Delacroix (c. 1887) Vision after the Sermon (1888) Vincent van Gogh Painting Sunflowers (1888) Landscape near Arles (1888) The White River (1888) Portrait of Madeleine Bernard (1888) The Wave (1888) Portrait of Madame Roulin (1888) Fields by the Sea (1889) The Beautiful Angel (1889) Fruits on a Table (1889) The Schuffenecker Family (1889) The Flageolet Player on the Cliff (1889) The Yellow Christ (1889) The Green Christ (1889) Christ in the Garden of Olives (1889) Self-Portrait with Halo and Snake (1889) Still Life with Head-Shaped Vase and Japanese Woodcut (1889) Self-Portrait with the Yellow Christ (c. 1890–91) Tahitian Women on the Beach (1891) Tahitian Woman with a Flower (1891) A Man with an Axe (1891) Ia Orana Maria (1891) The Bunch of Flowers (1891) Conversation (1891) Early Evening (1892) Landscape with Peacocks (Death) (1892) Parau na te varua ino (1892) Vahine no te vi (1892) Vairumati tei Oa (1892) Fatata te Miti (By the Sea) (1892) Arearea (1892) Spirit of the Dead Watching (1892) Te Fare (1892) When Will You Marry? (1892) Aha Oe Feii? (1892) Arii Matamoe (1892) The Siesta (1892–1894) Merahi metua no Tehamana (1893) Otahi (1893) Self-Portrait in a Hat (1893) Mahana no atua (1894) Nave nave moe (1894) Arearea no varua ino (1894) The Cellist (1894) Breton Peasant Women (1894) Eiaha Ohipa (1896) Nave Nave Mahana (1896) Te tamari no atua (1896) The Queen (1896) Vairumati (1897) Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going? (1897/1898) Nevermore (1897) Two Tahitian Women (1899) The Great Buddha (1899) Tahitian Woman and Boy (1899) Landscape, Horse on the Road (1899) The Call (1902) Still Life with Exotic Birds (1902) Landscape with a Pig and a Horse (1903) Other works Jug in the Form of a Head, Self-Portrait (1889) Soyez amoureuses vous serez heureuses (wood panel, 1889) Objet décoratif carré avec dieux tahitiens (sculpture, 1893–1895) Oviri (ceramic sculpture, 1895) Periodicals Le Sourire (1899–1900) Exhibitions Les XX, 1889 The Volpini Exhibition, 1889 Museums Paul Gauguin Museum (Tahiti) Paul Gauguin Cultural Center (Hiva Oa, Marquesas Islands) Paul Gauguin Interpretation Centre (Martinique) People Jean René Gauguin (son) Pola Gauguin (son) Paul René Gauguin (grandson) Flora Tristan (grandmother) Émile Bernard Vincent van Gogh Meijer de Haan Charles Laval George-Daniel de Monfreid Camille Pissarro Émile Schuffenecker Theo van Gogh Ambroise Vollard Related The Moon and Sixpence (1942 film) Lust for Life (1956 film) Rebel in Paradise (1960 film) The Wolf at the Door (1986 film) Paradise Found (2003 film) Gauguin: Off the Beaten Track (2013 comic book) At Eternity's Gate (2018 film) Gauguin (crater) Paul Gauguin Cruises ship This article about a painting from the 1890s is a stub. 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