Nonchaloir (Repose)
1911 · Oil on canvas · National Gallery of Art, Washington
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About this work
- Artist
- John Singer Sargent (1856–1925)
- Year
- 1911
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Original size
- 63.8 × 76.2 cm
- Collection
- National Gallery of Art, Washington
- Movement
- Realism
A young woman in a pale satin dress and an embroidered shawl sprawls across a sofa, half asleep, the folds of silk filling most of the canvas. The model was Sargent's niece Rose-Marie Ormond, whom he painted many times in the years before the First World War; the French title means nonchalance. By 1911 Sargent had largely given up commissioned portraits and painted his family and friends for himself, and the freedom shows in the handling of the fabric. Rose-Marie was killed in 1918 when a German shell struck the church of Saint-Gervais in Paris during a Good Friday service. The painting is in the National Gallery of Art, Washington.
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 languid study in cream and gold for a bedroom or sitting room, above a sofa or bed in a dark wood frame. It glows against a warm white, olive or deep green wall and pairs with Sargent's Lady Agnew.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Realism painting
- Era
- 20th century (1911)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Mood
- intimate
- Rooms
- living room, bedroom, study or library, dining room
- Good gift for
- housewarming, art lovers
Size. Prints at 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in — 12×18 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 16×24 above a desk, console or in a hallway; 24×36 as the statement piece above a sofa or bed.
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.
