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Corfu: Lights and Shadows

John Singer Sargent

1909 · Translucent and opaque watercolour with wax resist over graphite on paper · Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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About this work

Artist: John Singer Sargent (1856–1925)
Year: 1909
Medium: Translucent and opaque watercolour with wax resist over graphite on paper
Original size: 40.3 × 53.1 cm
Collection: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Movement: Impressionism

A small whitewashed hut stands in full sun, its wall dappled with the violet and blue shadows of an olive tree, with a green door, a bright bush at the left and a glimpse of sea at the right. Sargent painted it on Corfu in 1909, in the park of the royal villa of Mon Repos where he was staying. The white of the wall is mostly bare paper, with the shadows washed over it in transparent colour. The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston bought it from the artist in 1912.

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 sunlit white, lilac and green watercolour for a bedroom, bathroom or sunroom in a thin black frame. It brightens white or soft blue walls at 16×12 and pairs with Homer's A Wall, Nassau.

Style, size & framing detail

Style: Impressionism painting
Era: 20th century (1909)
Orientation: Landscape
Mood: calm
Rooms: bedroom, bathroom, living room, dining room
Good gift for: housewarming, art lovers

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

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: 16×12 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 Corfu: Lights and Shadows in the public domain?

Yes. John Singer Sargent (1856–1925) 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 Museum of Fine Arts.

What is it printed on?

Heavyweight matte fine-art paper with pigment inks, made to order in 16×12 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 Corfu: Lights and Shadows painted, and in what medium?

Corfu: Lights and Shadows dates from 1909 and was made in translucent and opaque watercolour with wax resist over graphite on paper; the original measures 40.3 × 53.1 cm.

What size works above a sofa or bed?

Across a three-seat sofa or a queen bed, 16×12 is the size that reads as one statement piece. For Corfu: Lights and Shadows we'd choose 16×12. It is a landscape print, wider than it is tall, at the painting's own proportions.

About this design

Corfu: Lights and Shadows (John Singer Sargent) — Corfu: Lights and Shadows · John Singer Sargent · 1909. 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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The same artwork as a gallery exhibition poster — title, artist & date typeset beneath the image on a soft ground.

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