Blackwell's Island, East River

Robert Henri

1900 · Oil on canvas · Whitney Museum of American Art, New York

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Blackwell's Island, East River

Snow in New York

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About this work

Artist: Robert Henri (1865–1929)
Year: 1900
Medium: Oil on canvas
Original size: 50.8 × 61.4 cm
Collection: Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
Movement: Ashcan School

Grey ice floats down the East River in New York under a heavy winter sky, past the snow-covered buildings and domes of Blackwell's Island, with a dark tugboat moored at the lower right. Henri painted it in 1900, the year he settled in New York, when he was turning the city's everyday views into broad, dark, quickly brushed pictures. The island, then home to a prison and hospitals, is now Roosevelt Island. The painting is in the Whitney Museum of American Art.

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 moody grey-and-olive winter river for a study, office or hallway in a black frame. It suits charcoal, warm grey or deep green walls at 16×24 and pairs with Henri's Snow in New York.

Style, size & framing detail

Style: Ashcan School painting
Era: 19th century (1900)
Orientation: Portrait
Mood: dramatic, moody
Rooms: hallway or entryway, study or library, home office, living room, dining room
Good gift for: housewarming, art lovers

Size. We'd hang this one at 16×24. Prints at 12×18, 16×24 in — 12×18 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 16×24 above a desk, console or in a hallway.

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

• Restored in-house from the original painting — cleaned and colour-trued at museum resolution • Heavyweight matte fine-art paper, giclée printed at 300 DPI • Sizes: 12×18, 16×24 in; every size also available framed • Framed option: wood frame in black or dark wood, 12 mm wide and 22 mm deep, with a plexiglass front and no mat; the print is mounted inside and the frame's outside measures the listed size • Made to order; colours may vary slightly from screen

Shipping & returns

Printed after you order at the facility nearest you, then shipped. Standard delivery is free and takes 4–9 business days from order to door in the US, UK and EU (up to 10 elsewhere); Express takes 4–6 business days. 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 Blackwell's Island, East River in the public domain?

Yes. Robert Henri (1865–1929) 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 Whitney Museum of American Art.

What is it printed on?

Heavyweight matte fine-art paper with pigment inks, made to order in 12×18 and 16×24 inches; every size is also offered framed in black or dark wood, with plexiglass and no mat. Colours are matched to the scan, not brightened.

When was Blackwell's Island, East River painted, and in what medium?

Blackwell's Island, East River dates from 1900 and was made in oil on canvas; the original measures 50.8 × 61.4 cm.

What size works above a sofa or bed?

Across a three-seat sofa or a queen bed, 16×24 is the size that reads as one statement piece; 12×18 suits a narrower wall or a pair. For Blackwell's Island, East River we'd choose 16×24.

About this design

Blackwell's Island, East River (Robert Henri) — Blackwell's Island, East River · Robert Henri · 1900. 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. Every size is offered unframed or framed in black or dark wood. Part of the Madten Fine Art Collection. — — — Printed to order and shipped by our production partner, Gelato.

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Gallery-grade archival giclée. Rich pigment inks on heavyweight fine-art paper (or gallery-wrapped canvas) — built to last, not a poster-shop print.

Arrives perfect or we reprint it — free. Every piece is made to order; if it shows up damaged or flawed we remake it, no return needed.

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