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

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L’univers est créé (The Universe Is Being Created), from the Noa Noa Suite - Paul Gauguin
The Joseph Brooks Fair Collection

"L’univers est créé (The Universe Is Being Created), from the Noa Noa Suite" by Paul Gauguin (1893–94, printed and published 1921)

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

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Source: Art Institute of Chicago
"L’univers est créé (The Universe Is Being Created), from the Noa Noa Suite" by Paul Gauguin, 1893–94, printed and published 1921. Medium: Wood-block print in black ink on grayish-ivory China paper. This work is part of the source collection's Prints and Drawings collection. The Joseph Brooks Fair Collection.

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Source: Art Institute of Chicago / Public Records
Paul Gauguin: Paul Gauguin (French, 1848-1903) printed by Pola Gauguin (Danish, born France, 1883-1961) published by Christian Cato, Copenhagen. Cultural context: France.

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Source: Art Institute of Chicago Collection Data
Technical Details Classification: woodcut. Medium: Wood-block print in black ink on grayish-ivory China paper. Dimensions: Image: 20.5 × 35.5 cm (8 1/8 × 14 in.); Sheet: 26.9 × 42.6 cm (10 5/8 × 16 13/16 in.). Subject tags: woodcut. View at the source collection: https://www.artic.edu/artworks/14335