Art, literature & history
Te atua (The God), from the Suite of Late Wood-Block Prints
1898/99
- Dating
- Date range
- Held at
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Medium
- Second-state impression laid down on first-state impression Wood-block print of second state in black ink on lunette-shaped, thin ivory Japanese paper, laid down on wood-block print of first state in brownish-black ink on lunette-shaped ivory wove paper
- Dimensions
- Image/primary/secondary support: 23.1 × 20.2 cm (9 1/8 × 8 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1942.280
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
Paul Gauguin. Te atua (The God), from the Suite of Late Wood-Block Prints. Paul Gauguin; Art Institute of Chicago; Gift of the Print and Drawing Club. 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
Te atua (The God), from the Suite of Late Wood-Block Prints — Paul Gauguin. 1898/99.
Medium: Second-state impression laid down on first-state impression Wood-block print of second state in black ink on lunette-shaped, thin ivory Japanese paper, laid down on wood-block print of first state in brownish-black ink on lunette-shaped ivory wove paper. Dimensions: Image/primary/secondary support: 23.1 × 20.2 cm (9 1/8 × 8 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.