Eiaha Ohipa (English: Not Working) is an 1896 oil on canvas painting by Paul Gauguin, now in Pushkin Museum, Moscow. It was produced during his second stay in Tahiti.Ebooks Corporation. Gauguin, 1848-1903. Parkstone International, 2010.
The painting depicts two young Tahitians passing the time idling in a hut smoking whilst through the window the artist can be seen painting. The motif of an open window with the silhouette of a dog can be seen in other of Gauguin's works such as his Te Faaturuma of 1891.
The painting symbolises the relaxed, natural and contemplative lifestyle of the Tahiti islanders.
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