Mahana atua (Day of the God)

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Paul Gauguin

Title

Mahana atua (Day of the God)

Place

France (Artist's nationality:)

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1894–1895

Medium

Wood-block print in black ink on grayish-ivory China paper

Inscriptions

Monogrammed lower left, in plate "P G O"; inscribed lower left, in margin, in graphite: "Paul Gauguin fait"; inscribed lower right, in margin, in graphite: "Pola Gauguin imp"

Dimensions

Image: 18.2 × 20.3 cm (7 3/16 × 8 in.); Sheet: 26.7 × 42.9 cm (10 9/16 × 16 15/16 in.)

Credit Line

The Joseph Brooks Fair Collection

Reference Number

1924.1195

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