Salon des Cent (17th Exhibition)
1895 · Colour lithograph (poster) · Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris
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This print
About this work
- Artist
- Paul Berthon (1872–1934)
- Year
- 1895
- Medium
- Colour lithograph (poster)
- Original size
- 64 × 44 cm
- Collection
- Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris (department of Prints and Photography)
- Movement
- Art Nouveau
A young woman with fair hair and a jewelled band across her brow stands among white lilies and orchids against a blue ground, holding a flower, under the lettering Salon des 100, 17e exposition, 31 rue Bonaparte. Berthon designed the poster in 1895 for the group show at the gallery of the magazine La Plume, and it is the purest of his flower-and-maiden designs, the lilies and the hair drawn in the same soft outline; he had studied under Grasset and shared his debt to stained glass. Printed by Chaix, Paris. The impression reproduced is in the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
This full-bleed edition prints the work edge to edge from a high-resolution scan of the original, very slightly cropped (a few percent at most) to fit the sheet. The gallery edition shows the whole work, uncropped. The original is in the public domain.
Where it works
Lilies and a fair-haired figure on soft blue, for a bedroom, bathroom or hallway at 18×24 or 24×32 in thin black or dark wood, no mat. It suits a white or pale blue wall and pairs with Grasset's Salon des Cent.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Art Nouveau painting
- Era
- 19th century (1895)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Mood
- decorative, sophisticated
- Rooms
- bedroom, bathroom, hallway or entryway, living room, dining room
- Good gift for
- housewarming, art lovers
Size. We'd hang this one at 18×24. Prints at 12×16, 18×24, 24×32 in — 12×16 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 18×24 above a desk, console or in a hallway; 24×32 as the statement piece above a sofa or bed.
Framing. Printed edge to edge: a slim black or dark wood frame right to the image, or let the canvas wrap do the framing. Also available gallery-wrapped on canvas, ready to hang with no frame.
Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).
Details & materials
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About this design
The Madten promise
An exhibition poster
The same artwork as a gallery exhibition poster — title, artist & date typeset beneath the image on a soft ground.
A fine-art print
The same artwork as a clean fine-art print — the image shown large with a minimal caption.
