Salon des Cent
1896 · Colour lithograph (poster) · Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris
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This print
About this work
- Artist
- Pierre Bonnard (1867–1947)
- Year
- 1896
- Medium
- Colour lithograph (poster)
- Original size
- 63 × 45 cm
- Collection
- Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris (department of Prints and Photography)
- Movement
- Belle Époque
A young woman in a loose dress stands with a small dog, her figure drawn in a few strokes of red and black on the bare cream sheet, under the lettering Salon des Cent, 23e exposition d'ensemble, 31 rue Bonaparte, août–septembre 1896. Bonnard designed the poster in 1896 for the group exhibition at the gallery of the magazine La Plume, and it is as sparse as a Japanese print, the paper left empty around the figure. 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
A few strokes of red and black on cream, light and spare, for a bedroom, hallway or study at 18×24 or 24×32 in thin black, no mat. It suits a white or cream wall and pairs with Mucha's Salon des Cent poster.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Belle Époque painting
- Era
- 19th century (1896)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Mood
- decorative, sophisticated
- Rooms
- bedroom, 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.
