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
- Wood-block print in black ink, with yellow ocher ink offset, on thin ivory Japanese paper, laid face down on ivory wove paper (recto); wood-block print in brownish-black ink on ivory wove paper (verso)
- Dimensions
- Image: 24.3 × 22.2 cm (9 5/8 × 8 3/4 in.); Sheet: 24.3 × 22.2 cm (9 5/8 × 8 3/4 in.); Secondary support: 24.3 × 22.2 cm (9 5/8 × 8 3/4 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1945.93
- 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: Wood-block print in black ink, with yellow ocher ink offset, on thin ivory Japanese paper, laid face down on ivory wove paper (recto); wood-block print in brownish-black ink on ivory wove paper (verso). Dimensions: Image: 24.3 × 22.2 cm (9 5/8 × 8 3/4 in.); Sheet: 24.3 × 22.2 cm (9 5/8 × 8 3/4 in.); Secondary support: 24.3 × 22.2 cm (9 5/8 × 8 3/4 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.