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Plate with the Head of a Horned Devil, from the Suite of Late Wood-Block Prints - Paul Gauguin

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Plate with the Head of a Horned Devil, from the Suite of Late Wood-Block Prints - Paul Gauguin
Gift of the Print and Drawing Club

"Plate with the Head of a Horned Devil, from the Suite of Late Wood-Block Prints" by Paul Gauguin (1898/99)

Wood-block print, printed twice in black over pale yellow ocher ink, on thin ivory Japanese paper, partially laid down on white two-ply mat board.

Commentary

Commentary

Source: Art Institute of Chicago
"Plate with the Head of a Horned Devil, from the Suite of Late Wood-Block Prints" by Paul Gauguin, 1898/99. Medium: Wood-block print, printed twice in black over pale yellow ocher ink, on thin ivory Japanese paper, partially laid down on white two-ply mat board. This work is part of the source collection's Prints and Drawings collection. Gift of the Print and Drawing Club.

Commentary

Source: Art Institute of Chicago / Public Records
Paul Gauguin: Paul Gauguin French, 1848-1903. Cultural context: France.

Commentary

Source: Art Institute of Chicago Collection Data
Technical Details Classification: woodcut. Medium: Wood-block print, printed twice in black over pale yellow ocher ink, on thin ivory Japanese paper, partially laid down on white two-ply mat board. Dimensions: Image: 15.4 × 29.5 cm (6 1/8 × 11 5/8 in.); Sheet/secondary support: 19.2 × 29.9 cm (7 9/16 × 11 13/16 in.). Subject tags: woodcut. View at the source collection: https://www.artic.edu/artworks/52994