Buddha, from the Suite of Late Wood-Block Prints
1898/99
Medium
Wood-block print in black ink on thin ivory Japanese paper perimeter mounted on white Japanese paper
Dimensions
Image: 29.7 × 22 cm (11 3/4 × 8 11/16 in.); Primary support: 30.4 × 22.7 cm (12 × 8 15/16 in.); Secondary support: 40.5 × 32.9 cm (16 × 13 in.)
Classification
woodcut
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
61358
About the Artist
Paul Gauguin · 1848–1903
Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) was a French Post-Impressionist painter whose bold experiments with color, form, and subject matter made him one of the most influential figures in the transition from 19th-century art to modernism. His rejection of European civilization for the perceived authenticity of 'primitive' cultures established an archetype of artistic exile that continues to resonate. Gauguin's ...