L'Univers est crée (The Creation of the Universe)
1894, printed 1921
Artist, French, 1848 - 1903
Printer, Danish, born France, 1883-1961
Publisher
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Artwork overview
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Medium
woodcut on China paper
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Credit Line
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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
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Catalogue Raisonné
Mongan et al. 1988, no. 18, State ii/ii (Eb)
Associated Artworks
See all 9 artworksPaul 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