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Merahi metua no Tehamana
Merahi metua no Tehamana (English Tehamana Has Many Parents or The Ancestors of Tehamana) is an 1893 painting by the French artist Paul Gauguin, currently in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago. The painting is a portrait of Paul Gauguin's native wife Teha'amana during his first visit to Tahiti in 1891-1893. This marriage has always provoked controversy because of the manner it was contracted and Teha'amana's age: the marriage was arranged and completed in the course of a single afternoon and Gauguin claimed
). "Noa Noa: Gauguin's Tahiti", London: Phaidon Press. .
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- Selection from Mario Vargas Llosa's novel "The Way to Paradise" dealing with Teha'amana's 1895 visit to Gauguin.
- "Merahi metua no Tehamana" ("Tehamana Has Many Parents" or "The Ancestors of Tehamana") in the Art Institute of Chicago's Digital Publication, Gauguin Paintings, Sculpture, and Graphic Works at the Art Institute of Chicago.