Art, literature & history
Human Miseries, from the Suite of Late Wood-Block Prints
1898/99
- Dating
- Date range
- Held at
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Medium
- Wood-block print in black ink on thin ivory Japanese paper, laid down on white Japanese paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 19.3 × 29.8 cm (7 5/8 × 11 3/4 in.); Primary support: 22.7 × 30.4 cm (8 15/16 × 12 in.); Secondary support: 22.7 × 30.4 cm (8 15/16 × 12 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1947.436
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
Paul Gauguin. Human Miseries, from the Suite of Late Wood-Block Prints. Paul Gauguin; Art Institute of Chicago; Gift of Frank B. Hubachek. CC0 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Full-frame proportional resize and JPEG compression.
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
About this artwork
Human Miseries, from the Suite of Late Wood-Block Prints — Paul Gauguin. 1898/99.
Medium: Wood-block print in black ink on thin ivory Japanese paper, laid down on white Japanese paper. Dimensions: Image: 19.3 × 29.8 cm (7 5/8 × 11 3/4 in.); Primary support: 22.7 × 30.4 cm (8 15/16 × 12 in.); Secondary support: 22.7 × 30.4 cm (8 15/16 × 12 in.).
Collection record: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.
Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.