Mahana atua (Day of the God) - Paul Gauguin

"Mahana atua (Day of the God)" by Paul Gauguin (1894/95)

Wood-block print in black ink with touches of solvent-thinned blue, red, and orange watercolors (recto); wood-block print, printed twice in brown and brown-black ink (a maculature impression) (verso), on cream Japanese paper.

Commentary

Source: Art Institute of Chicago

"Mahana atua (Day of the God)" by Paul Gauguin, 1894/95. Medium: Wood-block print in black ink with touches of solvent-thinned blue, red, and orange watercolors (recto); wood-block print, printed twice in brown and brown-black ink (a maculature impression) (verso), on cream Japanese paper. 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 in black ink with touches of solvent-thinned blue, red, and orange watercolors (recto); wood-block print, printed twice in brown and brown-black ink (a maculature impression) (verso), on cream Japanese paper. Dimensions: Image: 18 × 20.3 cm (7 1/8 × 8 in.); Sheet: 18.4 × 20.5 cm (7 1/4 × 8 1/8 in.). Subject tags: woodcut. View at the source collection: https://www.artic.edu/artworks/63074