Art, literature & history
Human Misery
1898–99
- Dating
- Date range
- Medium
- Woodcut on transparent laid tissue paper
- Dimensions
- 7 5/8 x 11 3/4 in. (19.4 x 29.8 cm): block 9 x 11 7/8 in. (22.9 x 30.2 cm): paper
- Collection no.
- 52.608.1
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
Paul Gauguin. Human Misery. 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
Human Misery — Paul Gauguin. 1898–99.
Medium: Woodcut on transparent laid tissue paper. Dimensions: 7 5/8 x 11 3/4 in. (19.4 x 29.8 cm): block 9 x 11 7/8 in. (22.9 x 30.2 cm): paper.
Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1952.
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.