A la Place Clichy
1891 · Colour lithograph (poster) · Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris
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About this work
- Artist
- Eugène Grasset (1845–1917)
- Year
- 1891
- Medium
- Colour lithograph (poster)
- Original size
- 140 × 85 cm
- Collection
- Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris (department of Prints and Photography)
- Movement
- Art Nouveau
A bearded merchant in a striped robe and turban shows a rug to a customer in a white suit and pith helmet, the floor piled with oriental carpets. Eugène Grasset designed the poster for A la Place Clichy, the Paris department store that called itself 'the first house in the world for its oriental imports'. The impression reproduced, a later printing with variant lettering, is in the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
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
Navy, rust and ivory, for a hallway, living room or over a rug-filled room at 16×24 or 24×36 in thin black or dark wood, no mat. It suits a white or terracotta wall and pairs with Grasset's Les Fêtes de Paris.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Art Nouveau painting
- Era
- 19th century (1891)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Mood
- decorative, sophisticated
- Rooms
- living room, hallway or entryway, dining room
- Good gift for
- housewarming, art lovers
Size. We'd hang this one at 16×24. Prints at 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in — 12×18 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 16×24 above a desk, console or in a hallway; 24×36 as the statement piece above a sofa or bed.
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
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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.
