About This Artwork
L'univers est crée (The Creation of the Universe), from Noa Noa1893-94
Woodcut printed from engrain boxwood in black and gray on ivory China paper
205 x 354 mm (image); 268 x 425 mm (sheet)
Monogrammed in image: "P G O"; inscribed lower left, in graphite: "Paul Gauguin fait"; lower right, in graphite: "Pola Gauguin imp."
The Joseph Brooks Fair Collection, 1924.1203
Kornfeld 18 II/II, E; Guérin 93 only
Prints and Drawings
Not on Display
Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories
Exhibition History
Auckland, New Zealand, Auckland City Art Gallery, "Paul Gauguin: Pages From the Pacific," August 4-October 15, 1995, pp. 41 and 52, cat. 18 (ill.), cat. by Douglas Druick and Peter Zegers.
The Art Institute of Chicago, "Intimate Encounters: Paul Gauguin and the South Pacific, The Edward McCormick Blair Collection," September 6, 2003-January 11, 2004.
Publication History
Britt Salvesen, with Douglas W. Druick and Peter Kort Zegers, Gauguin (Chicago, 2001), pp. 91 and 109, no. 19b (ill.).
Ownership History
Sold by Thomas W. Schreiner, New York, to the Art Institute, 1924.