Les Boules de Neige (Snowballs)

Paul Berthon

1900 · Colour lithograph · Cleveland Museum of Art

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About this work

Artist: Paul Berthon (1872–1934)
Year: 1900
Medium: Colour lithograph
Original size: 39 × 53.5 cm
Collection: Cleveland Museum of Art
Movement: Art Nouveau

A red-haired woman in a pale dress sits among the white flower-heads of a snowball bush, a viburnum, against a soft green ground, her hair and the flowers drawn in the same gentle curve. Berthon made the colour lithograph around 1900 as a decorative panel, one of the flower-and-maiden prints he published in the manner of Grasset, his teacher, and it was sold to be framed rather than posted. The impression reproduced belongs to the Cleveland Museum of Art.

This print reproduces the whole work, uncropped, from a high-resolution scan of the original. The original is in the public domain.

Where it works

A red-haired figure among white blossom on soft green, horizontal, for a bedroom, bathroom or above a dresser at 24×18 or 32×24 in thin black or dark wood, no mat. It suits a white or sage wall and pairs with Berthon's Salon des Cent.

Style, size & framing detail

Style: Art Nouveau painting
Era: 19th century (1900)
Orientation: Landscape
Mood: decorative, sophisticated
Rooms: bedroom, bathroom, living room, dining room
Good gift for: housewarming, art lovers

Size. We'd hang this one at 24×18. Prints at 16×12, 24×18, 32×24 in — 16×12 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 24×18 above a console or sideboard; 32×24 as the statement piece above a sofa or headboard.

Framing. The gallery ground is part of the print, so frame it without a mat — dark wood flatters the lighter palette; black sharpens it.

Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).

Details & materials

• Restored in-house from the original painting — cleaned and colour-trued at museum resolution • Heavyweight matte fine-art paper, giclée printed at 300 DPI • Sizes: 16×12, 24×18, 32×24 in; every size also available framed • Framed option: wood frame in black or dark wood, 12 mm wide and 22 mm deep, with a plexiglass front and no mat; the print is mounted inside and the frame's outside measures the listed size • Made to order; colours may vary slightly from screen

Shipping & returns

Printed after you order at the facility nearest you, then shipped. Standard delivery is free and takes 4–9 business days from order to door in the US, UK and EU (up to 10 elsewhere); Express takes 4–6 business days. Because each print is made to order we don't take change-of-mind returns, but if it arrives damaged or flawed we'll reprint or refund it — no return needed. Full policy →

Is this the whole painting, or a crop?

The whole work, uncropped. The image fills the print at the painting's own proportions; nothing is trimmed to fit a frame.

Is Les Boules de Neige (Snowballs) in the public domain?

Yes. Paul Berthon (1872–1934) died more than 70 years ago and the work was published before 1929, so the painting itself is public domain. This print is a reproduction made from a high-resolution scan of the original, which is held by Cleveland Museum of Art.

What is it printed on?

Heavyweight matte fine-art paper with pigment inks, made to order in 16×12, 24×18 and 32×24 inches; every size is also offered framed in black or dark wood, with plexiglass and no mat. Colours are matched to the scan, not brightened.

When was Les Boules de Neige (Snowballs) painted, and in what medium?

Les Boules de Neige (Snowballs) dates from 1900 and was made in colour lithograph; the original measures 39 × 53.5 cm.

What size works above a sofa or bed?

Across a three-seat sofa or a queen bed, 32×24 is the size that reads as one statement piece; 24×18 suits a narrower wall or a pair. For Les Boules de Neige (Snowballs) we'd choose 24×18. It is a landscape print, wider than it is tall, at the painting's own proportions.

About this design

Les Boules de Neige (Snowballs) (Paul Berthon) — Les Boules de Neige (Snowballs) · Paul Berthon · 1900. This is a fine-art reproduction of a public-domain masterwork, shown whole and uncropped on a gallery ground, printed to order on heavyweight matte fine-art paper. Every size is offered unframed or framed in black or dark wood. Part of the Madten Fine Art Collection. — — — Printed to order and shipped by our production partner, Gelato.

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