L’univers est créé (The Universe Is Being Created), from the Noa Noa Suite - Paul Gauguin

"L’univers est créé (The Universe Is Being Created), from the Noa Noa Suite" by Paul Gauguin (1893/94)

Wood-block print, printed twice in black and brown inks, with selective wiping, and hand-applied orange, yellow, red, two tones of green, two tones of blue, silver-gray and black watercolor, on cream wove Japanese paper laid down on cream laid Japanese paper (a laminate made by the artist).

Commentary

Source: Art Institute of Chicago

"L’univers est créé (The Universe Is Being Created), from the Noa Noa Suite" by Paul Gauguin, 1893/94. Medium: Wood-block print, printed twice in black and brown inks, with selective wiping, and hand-applied orange, yellow, red, two tones of green, two tones of blue, silver-gray and black watercolor, on cream wove Japanese paper laid down on cream laid Japanese paper (a laminate made by the artist). This work is part of the source collection's Prints and Drawings collection. Clarence Buckingham Collection.

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 and brown inks, with selective wiping, and hand-applied orange, yellow, red, two tones of green, two tones of blue, silver-gray and black watercolor, on cream wove Japanese paper laid down on cream laid Japanese paper (a laminate made by the artist). Dimensions: Image: 20.4 × 35.4 cm (8 1/16 × 13 15/16 in.); Sheets: 20.6 × 35.6 cm (8 1/8 × 14 1/16 in.). Subject tags: woodcut. View at the source collection: https://www.artic.edu/artworks/63038