Setting for many Gauguin works (6)

I believe the answer is:

tahiti

(Other definitions for tahiti that I've seen before include "Pacific island associated with Gauguin" , "South Pacific island where both Robert Louis Stevenson and Paul Gauguin spent time" , "part of Polynesia" , "Romantic Polynesian island, capital Papeete" , "An isle in the South Seas" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.

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