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

Media Options

This object’s media is free and in the public domain. Read our full Open Access policy for images.

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

See all 9 artworks

Paul Gauguin: 10 Traesnit (Pola Gauguin Portfolio)

Paul Gauguin, Pola Gauguin, Christian Cato

1894

Manao Tupapau (She is Haunted by a Spirit)

Paul Gauguin, Pola Gauguin, Christian Cato

1894

Mahna no Varua Ino (The Devil Speaks)

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


You may be interested in

Loading Results