Art, literature & history
The Universe is Created (L'Univers est créé)
c. 1894
- Dating
- Approximate
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- woodcut in tan, red-brown, red and black [trial proof]
- Dimensions
- sheet: 20.5 x 35.6 cm (8 1/16 x 14 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1947.12.56
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
Paul Gauguin. The Universe is Created (L'Univers est créé). Image credit: Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. CC0 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Proportional resize and JPEG compression; full source frame retained.
Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
The Universe is Created (L'Univers est créé) — Paul Gauguin. c. 1894.
Medium: woodcut in tan, red-brown, red and black [trial proof].
Dimensions (museum labels retained): sheet: 20.5 x 35.6 cm (8 1/16 x 14 in.).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1947.12.56. Rosenwald Collection.
Museum holding does not establish current display.
Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.
Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.