Black woodcut print: a large horned head, a dark animal and a seated figure among stylized leaves on pale paper.

Plate with the Head of a Horned Devil

A black-and-ochre woodcut in which a large horned head with staring eyes dominates the right side, beside a dark animal and a seated figure amid stylized leaves. Bold, flat areas of black ink contrast with the pale paper, and the outlines form a decorative, rhythmic composition.

Artist: Paul Gauguin
Date: 1898/99
Medium: Wood-block print, printed twice in black over pale yellow ocher ink, on thin ivory Japanese paper, partially laid down on white two-ply mat
Source: Art Institute of Chicago
Size: 1686 × 1126 px

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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1899).
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of the Print and Drawing Club

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