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Mahana atua (Day of the God) by Paul Gauguin — VisualArtsDB

Mahana atua (Day of the God)

Mahana atua (Day of the God)

1894–1895

Medium: Wood-block print in black ink with touches of solvent-thinned blue, red, and orange watercolors (recto); wood-block print, printed twice in brown and brown-black ink (a maculature impression) (verso), on cream Japanese paper
Dimensions: Image: 18 × 20.3 cm (7 1/8 × 8 in.); Sheet: 18.4 × 20.5 cm (7 1/4 × 8 1/8 in.)
Genre: woodcut
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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