Paul Gauguin The Moon and the Earth 1893
- Medium
- Oil on burlap
- Dimensions
- 45 x 24 1/2" (114.3 x 62.2 cm)
- Credit
- Lillie P. Bliss Collection
- Object number
- 50.1934
- Department
- Painting and Sculpture
- Paul Gauguin has 36 works online.
- There are 2,456 paintings online.
Installation views
We have identified these works in the following photos from our exhibition history.
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Cezanne, Gauguin, Seurat, van Gogh
Nov 7–Dec 7, 1929
1 other work identified
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Memorial Exhibition: The Collection of the Late Lillie P. Bliss
May 17–Oct 6, 1931
1 other work identified
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The Museum Collection of Painting and Sculpture
Jun 20, 1945–Feb 13, 1946
2 other works identified
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The Museum Collection of Painting and Sculpture
Jun 20, 1945–Feb 13, 1946
2 other works identified
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XXVth Anniversary Exhibition: Paintings from the Museum Collection
Oct 19, 1954–Feb 6, 1955
2 other works identified
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Modern Allegories
Aug 19, 1961–Jan 30, 1962
3 other works identified
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Art in a Changing World: 1884–1964: Painting and Sculpture from the Museum Collection
May 27, 1964
1 other work identified
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Permanent Collection
Mar 29, 1972–Apr 21, 1980
1 other work identified
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Selections from the Permanent Collection: Painting and Sculpture
May 17, 1984–Aug 4, 1992
3 other works identified
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Selections from the Permanent Collection of Painting and Sculpture
Jul 1, 1993
2 other works identified
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MoMA2000, ModernStarts: People, Composing with the Figure
Oct 7, 1999–Feb 1, 2000
1 other work identified
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Painting &
Sculpture II Nov 20, 2004–Aug 5, 2015
5 other works identified
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Painting &
Sculpture II Nov 20, 2004–Aug 5, 2015
3 other works identified
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Gauguin: Metamorphoses
Mar 8–Jun 8, 2014
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Gauguin: Metamorphoses
Mar 8–Jun 8, 2014
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Gauguin: Metamorphoses
Mar 8–Jun 8, 2014
2 other works identified
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Gauguin: Metamorphoses
Mar 8–Jun 8, 2014
2 other works identified
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502: Lillie P. Bliss
Fall 2021 - Spring 2023
4 other works identified
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502: Lillie P. Bliss
Fall 2021 - Spring 2023
4 other works identified
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502: Cézanne, Gauguin, Seurat, Van Gogh
Mar 31, 2023–Mar 10, 2024
2 other works identified
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This work is included in the Provenance Research Project, which investigates the ownership history of works in MoMA's collection.
1893, Paul Gauguin.
After November 1893 - March 26, 1918, Edgar Degas, Paris, acquired as gift or by exchange from the artist and sold at auction (Tableaux modernes et anciens: Aquarelles–pastels–dessins. . . composant la collection Edgar Degas, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, March 26-27, 1918, lot 40).
[March 26] 1918, Paul Rosenberg, Paris, purchased at the auction sale of the Edgar Degas collection.
1918, Bourgeois Galleries, New York, purchased from Paul Rosenberg.
1918 - 1931, Lillie P. Bliss (1864-1931), New York, purchased from Bourgeois Galleries.
1931/1934, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, acquired by bequest from Lillie P. Bliss.
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