Bitter Oriental
1897 · Colour lithograph (poster) · Erfgoedinzicht
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About this work
- Artist
- Privat-Livemont (1861–1936)
- Year
- 1897
- Medium
- Colour lithograph (poster)
- Original size
- 110 × 80 cm
- Collection
- Erfgoedinzicht (Flemish public collections), Belgium
- Movement
- Art Nouveau
A woman with long dark hair and a jewelled headdress holds a glass of the aperitif, a red circle behind her head and a border of stylised flowers around her, under the lettering Bitter Oriental in red. Privat-Livemont designed the poster in 1897 for the Bitter Oriental aperitif, in the halo-and-ornament manner of his Absinthe Robette of the year before; the dark hair against the red disc gives it a bolder scheme than most of his posters. Printed by J. L. Goffart, Brussels. The impression reproduced is in a Flemish public collection (Erfgoedinzicht).
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
Dark hair against a red disc with floral borders, for a bar area, dining room or hallway at 18×24 or 24×32 in thin black or dark wood, no mat. It suits a white or cream wall and pairs with Absinthe Robette.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Art Nouveau painting
- Era
- 19th century (1897)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Mood
- decorative, sophisticated
- Rooms
- dining room, hallway or entryway, living 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.
