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Te atua (The God), from the Noa Noa Suite by Paul Gauguin — VisualArtsDB

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

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

1894

Medium: Wood-block print in black ink, over a stenciled orange-ink tone block, on cream wove paper (an imitation Japanese vellum)
Dimensions: Image/sheet: 20.4 × 35.5 cm (8 1/16 × 14 in.)
Genre: woodcut
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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