Hellé
1896 · Colour lithograph · Cleveland Museum of Art
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About this work
- Artist
- Théophile Steinlen (1859–1923)
- Year
- 1896
- Medium
- Colour lithograph
- Original size
- 39.9 × 28.5 cm
- Collection
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Movement
- Belle Époque
The heroine of the opera stands veiled and pale among the columns of a Greek temple, while a procession of women in white files along the shore behind her. Théophile Steinlen made the lithograph for Hellé, the opera by Alphonse Duvernoy to a libretto by Camille du Locle and Charles Nuitter, first staged at the Paris Opéra in 1896. The impression reproduced is in the Cleveland Museum of 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
Muted gold, sea blue and ivory, for a bedroom, music room or quiet hallway at 12×18 or 16×24 in thin black or dark wood, no mat. It suits a white or stone wall and pairs with Steinlen's Le Rêve.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Belle Époque painting
- Era
- 19th century (1896)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Mood
- decorative, sophisticated
- Rooms
- bedroom, hallway or entryway, living room, dining room
- Good gift for
- housewarming, art lovers
Size. We'd hang this one at 12×18. 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
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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.
