Noa Noa: L'Univers est créé (The Universe is Created)

1893

Monumental in conception despite its print medium, this woodcut reflects Gauguin's interest in creation myths and his synthesis of Christian and Polynesian cosmologies.

Medium: woodcut

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Paul Gauguin, Noa Noa: L'Univers est créé (The Universe is Created), 1893

Monumental in conception despite its print medium, this woodcut reflects Gauguin's interest in creation myths and his synthesis of Christian and Polynesian cosmologies.

Medium: woodcut
Year: 1893
Seen at: Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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