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L'Univers est créé (The creation of the Universe) (Paul Gauguin 10 Traesnit Series) (1893-94)

Paul Gauguin

woodcut on paper

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

L'Univers est créé (The creation of the Universe) (Paul Gauguin 10 Traesnit Series) (1893-94)
L'Univers est créé (The creation of the Universe) (Paul Gauguin 10 Traesnit Series) (1893-94)
L'Univers est créé (The creation of the Universe) (Paul Gauguin 10 Traesnit Series) (1893-94)

Photo credit: Trustees of the British Museum

Details

Classification:

Print, Portfolio

Materials:

Ink, China paper

Physical Object Description:

Nude woman seen from behind by seashore at left, a vision of gods and monsters at right. Signed in pencil 'Paul Gauguin fait' and 'Pola Gauguin imp', and numbered 3.

Technique:

Woodcut

Dimensions:

20.3 x 35.3 cm

Accession Number:

1925,0314.62.6

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1925

Scheme:

Prints and Drawings Fund (1919 - 1954)

Ownership history:

Purchased by Campbell Dodgson (1867-1948) for the Contemporary Art Society, 1923; presented to the Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London, 1925

Relationship:

Campbell Dodgson Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

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Artist Bio

Paul Gauguin
L'Univers est créé (The creation of the Universe) (Paul Gauguin 10 Traesnit Series) (1893-94)

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