L'Univers est crée (The Creation of the Universe)

1894, printed 1921

Paul Gauguin

Artist, French, 1848 - 1903

Pola Gauguin

Printer, Danish, born France, 1883-1961

Christian Cato

Publisher

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut on China paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 20.4 × 35.4 cm (8 1/16 × 13 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 26 × 43.2 cm (10 1/4 × 17 in.)

  • Accession

    1944.2.25.7

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Mongan et al. 1988, no. 18, State ii/ii (Eb)

Associated Artworks

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Paul Gauguin, Pola Gauguin, Christian Cato

1894

Mahna no Varua Ino (The Devil Speaks)

Paul Gauguin, Pola Gauguin, Christian Cato

1894

Nave Nave Fenua (Delightful Land)

Paul Gauguin, Pola Gauguin, Christian Cato

1894

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1969

  • Gauguin and Exotic Art, University Gallery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 1969, no. 15.

1982

  • Lessing J. Rosenwald: Tribute to a Collector, NGA, 1982, no. 100, repro.

Bibliography

1927

  • Guérin, Marcel. L'Oeuvre gravé de Gauguin. 2 vols. Paris: H. Floury, 1927.

1988

  • Mongan, Elizabeth, Eberhard W. Kornfeld, and Harold Joachim. Paul Gauguin: Catalogue Raisonne of his Prints. Berne: Galerie Kornfeld, 1988.

Inscriptions

recto: in block, at lower left: L'Univers est crée; in block, at lower right: P G O; above image, at left, in graphite: no 55; below image, at left, in graphite: Paul Gauguin fait; below image, at right, in graphite: Pola Gauguin imp.; verso: none

Markings

none

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q65024259

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