Woodblock print in brown and pale tones showing a reclining figure, a seated figure at right, and lettering reading TE PO on a disc at upper left.

Te po (The Night) from the Noa Noa Suite

A reclining figure stretches across the center of a horizontal woodblock print, rendered in soft browns and pale hand-applied color. At upper left a circular disc bears the inscription TE PO, with a second line of lettering along the bottom edge, while a dark-clad seated figure with a red-tinted head sits at right.

Artist: Paul Gauguin
Date: 1893/94
Medium: Wood-block print, printed twice in brown and black inks, with selective wiping, and hand-applied red, two tones of orange, yellow, two tones
Source: Art Institute of Chicago
Size: 1686 × 984 px

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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1894).
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Clarence Buckingham Collection

19th century post-impressionism 1890s woodblock print woodcut hand-colored print reclining figure night noa noa suite tahitian subject paul gauguin brown tones