Paul Gauguin

Mahana atua (Day of the God)

1894/95
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
18 × 20.3 cm (7.1 × 8 in)

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