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 in black ink with traces of residual brown ink, with selective wiping, over solvent-thinned and transferred and stenciled yellow, orange, red, blue, and green oil-based media, some containing beeswax and conifer resin (probably pine resin), with touches of brush and black ink, on medium-weight, smooth, pink wove paper (faded to tan).

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 in black ink with traces of residual brown ink, with selective wiping, over solvent-thinned and transferred and stenciled yellow, orange, red, blue, and green oil-based media, some containing beeswax and conifer resin (probably pine resin), with touches of brush and black ink, on medium-weight, smooth, pink wove paper (faded to tan). 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 in black ink with traces of residual brown ink, with selective wiping, over solvent-thinned and transferred and stenciled yellow, orange, red, blue, and green oil-based media, some containing beeswax and conifer resin (probably pine resin), with touches of brush and black ink, on medium-weight, smooth, pink wove paper (faded to tan). Dimensions: Image/sheet: 20.3 × 35 cm (8 × 13 13/16 in.). Subject tags: woodcut. View at the source collection: https://www.artic.edu/artworks/63036