Spirit of the Dead Watching

1893–94

Dating: Date range
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: woodcut printed in color on wove paper
Dimensions: 8 1/8 x 13 3/4 in. (20.6 x 34.9 cm) paper, trimmed to image
Collection no.: 36.6.10
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

Paul Gauguin. Spirit of the Dead Watching. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

Spirit of the Dead Watching — Paul Gauguin. 1893–94.

Medium: woodcut printed in color on wove paper. Dimensions: 8 1/8 x 13 3/4 in. (20.6 x 34.9 cm) paper, trimmed to image.

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

Credit line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1936.

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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