Te Po (La Grand Nuit)

Paul Gauguin1893-1894

Details

Title: Te Po (La Grand Nuit)
Creator: Paul Gauguin
Date Created: 1893-1894
Signatures / Inscriptions: Unsigned
Set or Series Title: Noa Noa Suite
Print State: Second of two states
Object Type: Prints, works of art
Object Link: See this artwork on the Davison Art Center website
Object Credit Line: Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University. Gift of George W. Davison (B.A. Wesleyan 1892), 1949
Materials & Techniques: Woodcut printed in three colors (black, orange, and yellow) on tan wove paper
Keywords: mythology, religions, South Pacific Ocean, Tahiti
Image Credit Line: Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
Edition: This second state was printed by Roy in three colors. Several trial proofs in brown and black were printed by the artist, and 100 proofs in black were printed posthumously by Gauguin’s son, Pola Gauguin
Dimensions: Image dimensions: 207 mm x 359 mm (8.15 in. x 14.13 in.). Sheet dimensions: 249 mm x 397 mm (9.8 in. x 15.63 in.).
Bibliography: Guerin 15 ii/ii
Associated People: Created by Paul Gauguin (French, 1848-1903)
Accession Number: 1973.D1.14

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