A Wall, Nassau
1898 · Watercolour and graphite on off-white wove paper · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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About this work
- Artist
- Winslow Homer (1836–1910)
- Year
- 1898
- Medium
- Watercolour and graphite on off-white wove paper
- Original size
- 37.8 × 54.3 cm
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
- Movement
- Realism
A long whitewashed wall runs across the sheet, with a doorway at the left, while a plant with scarlet, star-shaped blossoms leans over the top against a turquoise sea and a single white sail. Homer made the watercolour in Nassau in the Bahamas during the winter of 1898–99, when he painted in quick, saturated washes and let the white paper do the work of tropical glare. The red flowers and the blue water are the only strong colours in a picture built almost entirely from the blank wall. It is one of the Bahamas watercolours the Metropolitan Museum bought in 1910.
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 sunny turquoise, white and coral watercolour for a bathroom, bedroom or beach house in a thin black frame. It brightens white or pale blue walls at 24×16 and pairs with Homer's Palm Tree, Nassau.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Realism painting
- Era
- 19th century (1898)
- Orientation
- Landscape
- Mood
- calm
- Rooms
- bedroom, bathroom, living room, dining room
- Good gift for
- housewarming, art lovers
Size. We'd hang this one at 24×16. Prints at 18×12, 24×16 in — 18×12 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 24×16 above a console or sideboard.
Framing. The gallery ground is part of the print, so frame it without a mat — black suits the deep tones of this period; dark wood warms 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.
