La Revue Blanche (Bonnard)
1894 · Colour lithograph (poster) · Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris
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About this work
- Artist
- Pierre Bonnard (1867–1947)
- Year
- 1894
- Medium
- Colour lithograph (poster)
- Original size
- 80 × 62 cm
- Collection
- Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris (department of Prints and Photography)
- Movement
- Belle Époque
A woman in a dark cape and a feathered hat, her face half hidden by a fur collar, stands in front of a street urchin and a wall of posters, holding a copy of the review, the title La Revue Blanche lettered in the lower half in Bonnard's own hand. Bonnard designed the poster in 1894 for the magazine of the Natanson brothers, which published the Nabis and the Symbolists; the model is Misia Natanson, and the brown, black and grey are printed in his loose lithographic crayon by Edw. Ancourt, Paris. It is the quietest of the Revue Blanche posters, a year before Toulouse-Lautrec's. 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
A dark figure in brown and grey with hand-drawn lettering, for a study, library or hallway at 18×24 or 24×32 in thin black, no mat. It suits a white or warm grey wall and pairs with Toulouse-Lautrec's poster for the same magazine.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Belle Époque painting
- Era
- 19th century (1894)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Mood
- decorative, sophisticated
- Rooms
- hallway or entryway, study or library, 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.
