Artworks · Paul Gauguin

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

1894 · Woodcut

composition: 8 1/16 x 13 7/8" (20.4 x 35.3 cm); sheet: 10 1/2 x 16 13/16" (26.7 x 42.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Manao tupapau (Watched by the Spirit of the Dead) from Noa Noa (Fragrant Scent)

1894 · One from a series of eight woodcuts

composition: 8 1/16 x 14" (20.5 x 35.5 cm); sheet: 10 7/16 x 17 1/16" (26.5 x 43.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Nave Nave Fenua (Wonderful Earth)

1894 · Woodcut

composition: 13 15/16 x 8 1/16" (35.4 x 20.4 cm); sheet (irreg.): 16 13/16 x 10 1/2" (42.7 x 26.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Night Eternal (Te Po)

1894 · Woodcut

composition: 8 1/16 x 14 1/16" (20.5 x 35.7 cm); sheet: 10 5/8 x 16 7/8" (27 x 42.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Noa Noa (Fragrant Scent) from Noa Noa (Fragrant Scent)

1894 · One from a series of eight woodcuts

composition: 14 x 8 1/16" (35.5 x 20.5 cm); sheet: 16 5/8 x 10 9/16" (42.3 x 26.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Mahana Atua (The Nourishment of the Gods)

1894 · Woodcut

composition: 7 3/16 x 8 1/16" (18.2 x 20.4cm); sheet: 10 1/2 x 16 11/16" (26.6 x 42.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Mahna no varua ino (The Spirit of Evil Is Speaking)

1894 · Woodcut

composition: 8 x 13 7/8" (20.3 x 35.3 cm); sheet (irreg.): 10 1/2 x 16 9/16" (26.7 x 42.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Auti te Pape (Women at the River) from Noa Noa (Fragrant Scent)

1894 · One from a series of eight woodcuts

composition: 8 1/16 x 13 15/16" (20.5 x 35.4 cm); sheet: 10 5/8 x 16 5/8" (27 x 42.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Manao tupapau (Watched by the Spirit of the Dead) from Noa Noa (Fragrant Scent)

1894 · One from a series of eight woodcuts

composition: 8 1/8 x 14 1/16" (20.7 x 35.7 cm); sheet (irreg.): 10 15/16 x 14 15/16" (27.8 x 38 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Mahana no atua (Day of the God)

1894 · Oil on linen canvas

68 × 91 cm (26 7/8 × 36 in.); Framed: 87.7 × 110.5 × 6.4 cm (34 1/2 × 43 1/2 × 2 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Ik groet U, Maria

1894

Manao Tupapau (She is Haunted by a Spirit)

1893 · color woodcut in brown and black on Japan paper

block: 20.4 x 35.5 cm (8 1/16 x 14 in.) sheet: 20.8 x 35.7 cm (8 3/16 x 14 1/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Mahna no Varua Ino (The Demon Speaks) [verso]

1893 · color woodcut on Japanese paper

sheet: 20.4 x 12.2 cm (8 1/16 x 4 13/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Chez les Maories: Sauvageries (At Home with the Maori: Savage Things)

1893 · Watercolor, with traces of black crayon and graphite, on tapa, partially laid down on cream wove paper

Closed: 32.8 × 26.5 cm (12 15/16 × 10 7/16 in.); Open: 32.8 × 53 cm (12 15/16 × 20 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Manao tupapau (She Thinks of the Ghost or The Ghost Thinks of Her), from the Noa Noa Suite

1893 · End-grain boxwood block, with a commercially prepared gray ground, sealed with an opaque pink oil medium, and inked in black ink

20.4 × 35.3 × 2.3 cm (8 1/16 × 13 15/16 × 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Man with an Ax

1893 · Pen and black ink, and brush and black wash, with pen and brown ink (originally purple) and touches of graphite, on heavily textured ivory wove paper

35.1 × 25.1 cm (13 7/8 × 9 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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

1893 · Wood-block print in black ink, with selective wiping, on pink wove paper (faded to pinkish tan)

Image: 20.5 × 35.5 cm (8 1/8 × 14 in.); Sheet: 20.7 × 35.7 cm (8 3/16 × 14 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Nave nave fenua (Delightful Land), from the Noa Noa Suite

1893 · Wood-block print, printed twice in yellow ocher and black inks, over a yellow ink tone block, and stenciled red oil medium, on cream Japanese paper discolored to a grayish tone

Image: 35.9 × 20.7 cm (14 3/16 × 8 3/16 in.); Sheet: 39.2 × 25 cm (15 7/16 × 9 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Maruru (Offerings of Gratitude), from the Noa Noa Suite

1893 · Wood-block print, printed twice in yellow ocher and black inks, over a yellow ink tone block, and transferred golden-yellow, green, and orange oil-based media, some containing beeswax and conifer resin (probably pine resin), with brush and black ink and diluted yellow printing ink, on cream Japanese paper

Image: 20.6 × 35.7 cm (8 1/8 × 14 1/16 in.); Sheet: 23.5 × 39.4 cm (9 5/16 × 15 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Parau Hina Tefatou (Words between Goddess of the Moon and God of the Earth)

1893 · Brush and gray wash and pen and brown ink (originally purple, est.), with black fabricated chalk, on heavily textured ivory wove paper

34.2 × 24.8 cm (13 1/2 × 9 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Manao tupapau (She Thinks of the Ghost or The Ghost Thinks of Her), from L'estampe originale

1893 · Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper

Image: 18 × 27.1 cm (7 1/8 × 10 11/16 in.); Sheet: 42.3 × 59.4 cm (16 11/16 × 23 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Te atua (The God), from the Noa Noa Suite

1893 · Wood-block print, printed twice in orange and brown inks, over residual black ink, with wiping and touches of hand-applied black ink, on thin, pale-pink wove paper (faded to tan)

Image: 20.4 × 35.5 cm (8 1/16 × 14 in.); Sheet: 20.7 × 35.7 cm (8 3/16 × 14 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Manao tupapau (She Thinks of the Ghost or The Ghost Thinks of Her), from the Noa Noa Suite

1893 · Wood-block print, printed three times in reddish-brown, black, and light black ink, with touches of brush and black gouache and silver-gray watercolor (altered from black), on ivory laid Japanese paper, laid down on ivory wove Japanese paper (a laminate made by the artist)

Image: 20.4 × 35.7 cm (8 1/16 × 14 1/16 in.); Sheet: 20.7 × 35.9 cm (8 3/16 × 14 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Auti te pape (Women at the River), from the Noa Noa Suite

1893 · Wood-block print, printed in reddish-brown and black ink on ivory wove paper (previously mounted on mottled blue wove paper laid down on cream wove card [a presentation mount])

Image: 20.4 × 34.8 cm (8 1/16 × 13 3/4 in.); Sheet: 20.7 × 34.8 cm (8 3/16 × 13 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Te faruru (Here We Make Love), from the Noa Noa Suite

1893 · Wood-block print, printed twice in golden-brown and black inks, with selective wiping of the black ink, over a selectively inked yellow tone block, and transferred deep-yellow, red, and orange oil-based media, some containing beeswax and conifer resin (probably pine resin), with hand-applied dark yellow and brown gouache, on cream Japanese paper (previously mounted on mottled blue wove paper laid down on cream wove card [a presentation mount])

Image/sheet: 35.7 × 20.5 cm (14 1/16 × 8 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Maruru (Offerings of Gratitude), from the Noa Noa Suite

1893 · Wood-block print, printed twice in yellow ocher and black inks, with selective wiping of the black ink, over a yellow ink tone block, transferred golden-yellow, green, and red-orange, and stenciled red oil-based media, some containing beeswax and conifer resin (probably pine resin), on cream wove paper

Image: 20.4 × 35.6 cm (8 1/16 × 14 1/16 in.); Sheet: 26.4 × 50.2 cm (10 7/16 × 19 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Nave nave fenua (Delightful Land), from the Noa Noa Suite

1893 · Wood-block print in black ink, with hand-applied red, blue, green, yellow, red-orange, and silver-gray watercolor on tan wove paper

Image: 35.4 × 20 cm (13 15/16 × 7 7/8 in.); Sheet: 35.7 × 20.4 cm (14 1/16 × 8 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Te atua (The God) from the Noa Noa Suite

1893 · Wood-block print, printed twice in yellow ocher and black inks, over yellow ink tone block, and transferred golden-yellow, green, red-orange, and red oil-based media, some containing beeswax and conifer resin (probably pine resin), on cream Japanese paper

Image/sheet: 20.3 × 35.1 cm (8 × 13 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Mahna no varua ino (The Devil Speaks), from the Noa Noa Suite

1893 · Wood-block print, printed twice in brown and black inks, over a yellow, silver-gray and brownish-orange ink tone block, and transferred yellow, green, red, and orange oil-based media, some containing beeswax and conifer resin (probably pine resin), on ivory Japanese paper, laid down on cream wove card

Image: 20.2 × 35.6 cm (8 × 14 1/16 in.); Sheet: 20.4 × 35.6 cm (8 1/16 × 14 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Auti te pape (Women at the River), from the Noa Noa Suite

1893 · Wood-block print, printed twice in pale orange and black ink, over transferred yellow, pink, orange, blue and green oil-based media, with traces of conifer resin (probably pine resin), on cream wove Japanese paper, laid down on cream wove Japanese paper

Image/primary/secondary support: 20.3 × 35.3 cm (8 × 13 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Maruru (Offerings of Gratitude), from the Noa Noa Suite

1893 · Wood-block print, printed twice in brown and black inks, with selective wiping of the brown, and hand-applied green, blue, two yellows, and pink watercolor on ivory wove Japanese paper laid down on cream laid Japanese paper (a laminate made by the artist)

Image: 20.4 × 35.5 cm (8 1/16 × 14 in.); Sheets: 20.7 × 35.8 cm (8 3/16 × 14 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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

1893 · Wood-block print, printed twice in black and brown inks, with selective wiping, and hand-applied orange, yellow, red, two tones of green, two tones of blue, silver-gray and black watercolor, on cream wove Japanese paper laid down on cream laid Japanese paper (a laminate made by the artist)

Image: 20.4 × 35.4 cm (8 1/16 × 13 15/16 in.); Sheets: 20.6 × 35.6 cm (8 1/8 × 14 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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

1893 · Wood-block print, printed in black ink with traces of residual brown ink, with selective wiping, over solvent-thinned and transferred and stenciled yellow, orange, red, blue, and green oil-based media, some containing beeswax and conifer resin (probably pine resin), with touches of brush and black ink, on medium-weight, smooth, pink wove paper (faded to tan)

Image/sheet: 20.3 × 35 cm (8 × 13 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Te po (The Night) from the Noa Noa Suite

1893 · Wood-block print, printed twice in brown and black inks, with selective wiping, and hand-applied red, two tones of orange, yellow, two tones of blue, silver-gray, and black watercolor, on cream laid Japanese paper laid down on cream wove Japanese paper (a laminate made by the artist)

Image: 20.4 × 35.5 cm (8 1/16 × 14 in.); Sheet: 20.7 × 35.8 cm (8 3/16 × 14 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Noa Noa (Fragrant), from the Noa Noa Suite

1893 · Wood-block print in black ink, over traces of brown ink, with hand-applied blue, light blue, several greens, pink, orange, pale-orange, yellow, pale-red, and dark-gray watercolor, on ivory Japanese paper

Image: 35.4 × 20.3 cm (13 15/16 × 8 in.); Sheet: 35.7 × 20.6 cm (14 1/16 × 8 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Noa Noa (Fragrant), from the Noa Noa Suite

1893 · Wood-block print in black ink, with touches of reddish-brown watercolor and black ink, over yellow ink tone block and transferred golden-yellow, orange, and green oil-based media, some containing beeswax and conifer resin (probably pine resin), on cream Japanese paper, laid down on heavy cream wove card

35.8 × 20.5 cm (14 1/8 × 8 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Manau tupapau (She Thinks of the Ghost or The Ghost Thinks of Her), from the Noa Noa Suite

1893 · Wood-block print, printed twice in brown and black inks, with selective wiping, and a transferred twill impression, on pale-pink wove paper (faded to tan)

Image: 20.4 × 35.6 cm (8 1/16 × 14 1/16 in.); Sheet: 20.7 × 35.7 cm (8 3/16 × 14 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Nave nave fenua (Delightful Land), from the Noa Noa Suite

1893 · Wood-block print in residual brown and black inks, with selective wiping, a transferred twill impression, and touches of hand-applied dark brown ink, on thin, pale-pink wove paper (faded to tan)

Image: 35.5 × 20.5 cm (14 × 8 1/8 in.); Sheet: 35.8 × 20.8 cm (14 1/8 × 8 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Te atua (The God), from the Noa Noa Suite

1893 · Wood-block print in black ink on tan wove paper

Image: 20.3 × 35.4 cm (8 × 13 15/16 in.); Sheet: 20.7 × 35.8 cm (8 3/16 × 14 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Maruru (Offerings of Gratitude), from the Noa Noa Suite

1893 · Wood-block print, printed in black ink on cream wove paper

Image: 20.3 × 35.2 cm (8 × 13 7/8 in.); Sheet: 24.7 × 40 cm (9 3/4 × 15 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Noa Noa (Fragrant), from the Noa Noa Suite

1893 · Wood-block print in black, with a transferred twill impression, on tan wove paper

Image: 35.4 × 20.1 cm (13 15/16 × 7 15/16 in.); Sheet: 35.7 × 20.4 cm (14 1/16 × 8 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Maruru (Offerings of Gratitude), from the Noa Noa Suite

1893 · End-grain boxwood block, with a commercially prepared gray ground, selectively inked in black printing ink

20.4 × 35.3 × 2.3 cm (8 1/16 × 13 15/16 × 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Te faruru (Here We Make Love), from the Noa Noa Suite

1893 · Wood-block print, printed twice in brown and black inks, with selective wiping, and a transferred twill impression, on cream wove Japanese paper, laid down on cream laid Japanese paper (a laminate made by the artist)

Image: 35.5 × 20.2 cm (14 × 8 in.); 35.6 × 20.4 cm (14 1/16 × 8 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Te atua (The God), from the Noa Noa Suite

1893 · Wood-block print in residual brown and black inks on ivory wove paper

Image: 20.2 × 34.6 cm (8 × 13 5/8 in.); Sheet: 20.6 × 34.6 cm (8 1/8 × 13 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Manao tupapau (She Thinks of the Ghost or The Ghost Thinks of Her), from the Noa Noa Suite

1893 · Wood-block print in black ink on grayish-ivory China paper

Image: 20.5 × 35.6 cm (8 1/8 × 14 1/16 in.); Sheet: 27.2 × 43 cm (10 3/4 × 16 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Auti te pape (Women at the River) from the Noa Noa Suite

1893 · Wood-block print in black ink on grayish-ivory China paper

Image: 20.5 × 35.5 cm (8 1/8 × 14 in.); Sheet: 26.6 × 41.7 cm (10 1/2 × 16 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Nave nave fenua (Delightful Land), from the Noa Noa Suite

1893 · Wood-block print in black ink on grayish-ivory China paper

Image: 35.5 × 20.5 cm (14 × 8 1/8 in.); Sheet: 42.3 × 26.7 cm (16 11/16 × 10 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Maruru (Offerings of Gratitude), from the Noa Noa Suite

1893 · Wood-block print in black ink on grayish-ivory China paper

205 × 356 mm (image); 272 × 422 mm (sheet) (sheet)

Art Institute of Chicago