The Universe is Created (L'Univers est créé), from Fragrance (Noa Noa)

1893–94

Dating: Date range
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Woodcut on china paper
Dimensions: block: 8 x 13 15/16 in. (20.3 x 35.4 cm) sheet: 10 3/4 x 16 11/16 in. (27.3 x 42.4 cm)
Collection no.: 21.38.8
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

Paul Gauguin. The Universe is Created (L'Univers est créé), from Fragrance (Noa Noa). Image credit: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Proportional resize and JPEG compression; full source frame retained.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

The Universe is Created (L'Univers est créé), from Fragrance (Noa Noa) — Paul Gauguin. 1893–94.

Medium: Woodcut on china paper. Dimensions: block: 8 x 13 15/16 in. (20.3 x 35.4 cm) sheet: 10 3/4 x 16 11/16 in. (27.3 x 42.4 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1921.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

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.

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