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

A work made of 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).
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  • A work made of 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).

Date:

1893/94

Artist:

Paul Gauguin
French, 1848-1903

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Paul Gauguin

Title

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

Place

France (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1893–1894

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)

Inscriptions

Monogrammed lower right, in image: "P G O"

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.)

Credit Line

Clarence Buckingham Collection

Reference Number

1948.260

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