Rêverie (Daydream)

Rêverie (Daydream) (Alphonse Mucha) — the painting printed edge-to-edge at its own proportions. Reverie (Daydream) · Alphonse Mucha · 1897.

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About this work

Artist: Alphonse Mucha (1860–1939)
Year: 1897
Medium: Colour lithograph
Collection: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris (department of Prints and Photography)
Movement: Art Nouveau

A woman with a wreath of flowers in her auburn hair sits with a pattern book open on her lap, turning a page and looking out at the viewer, framed by a circular halo of ornament and a border of stylised blossoms. Mucha designed it in Paris in 1897 for his printer F. Champenois, whose name appears on the original as the firm's calendar for 1898; the design was then reissued without text as a decorative panel under the title Rêverie, or Daydream. It belongs to the first years of his exclusive contract with Champenois, when his posters for Sarah Bernhardt had made him the most sought-after graphic artist in the city. The impression reproduced here, with the printer's 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.

Details & materials

• Restored in-house from the original plate — cleaned and colour-trued at museum resolution • Heavyweight matte fine-art paper, giclée printed at 300 DPI • Sizes: 12×16, 18×24 in • Made to order; colours may vary slightly from screen

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Produced in 2–4 business days, then shipped from the facility nearest you. Delivery is typically 3–6 business days (US/UK/EU) and 5–12 worldwide. Because each print is made to order we don't take change-of-mind returns, but if it arrives damaged or flawed we'll reprint or refund it — no return needed. Full policy →

Is this the whole painting, or a crop?

The whole work, uncropped. The image fills the print at the painting's own proportions; nothing is trimmed to fit a frame.

Is Rêverie (Daydream) in the public domain?

Yes. Alphonse Mucha (1860–1939) died more than 70 years ago and the work was published before 1929, so the painting itself is public domain. This print is a reproduction made from a high-resolution scan of the original, which is held by Bibliothèque nationale de France.

What is it printed on?

Heavyweight matte fine-art paper with pigment inks, made to order in 12×18, 16×24 and 24×36 inches; the two larger sizes are also offered framed. Colours are matched to the scan, not brightened.

When was Rêverie (Daydream) painted, and in what medium?

Rêverie (Daydream) dates from 1897 and was made in colour lithograph.

What size works above a sofa or bed?

For a standard three-seat sofa or a queen bed, 24×36 inches reads as a single statement piece; 16×24 suits a narrower wall or a pairing. The print's proportions follow the original, so a landscape-format painting is wider than it is tall.

About this design

Rêverie (Daydream) (Alphonse Mucha) — the painting printed edge-to-edge at its own proportions. Reverie (Daydream) · Alphonse Mucha · 1897. This is a fine-art reproduction of a public-domain masterwork, shown whole and uncropped on a gallery ground, printed to order on heavyweight matte fine-art paper. Three sizes (12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in); the 16×24 and 24×36 are also offered framed. Part of the Madten Fine Art Collection. — — — Printed to order and shipped by our production partner, Gelato.

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