Le Journal: Le Coupable
1896 · Colour lithograph (poster) · Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris
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This print
About this work
- Artist
- Théophile Steinlen (1859–1923)
- Year
- 1896
- Medium
- Colour lithograph (poster)
- Original size
- 140 × 97 cm
- Collection
- Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris (department of Prints and Photography)
- Movement
- Belle Époque
A boy in the white uniform of a reformatory sits on a bank with his bare feet in a pair of clogs, staring out, a flat landscape and a low building behind him, under the lettering "Le Journal publie Le Coupable, roman inédit de François Coppée". Steinlen designed the poster in 1896 to announce the serialisation of Coppée's novel about an abandoned child who turns to crime; the boy's blank stare and the empty landscape say everything the novel says. The white, ochre and red lettering are printed by Charles Verneau, Paris. The impression reproduced is in the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
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 boy in white on an ochre bank, quiet and sombre, for a study, library or hallway at 16×24 or 24×36 in thin black, no mat. It suits a white or warm grey wall and pairs with Le Petit Sou.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Belle Époque painting
- Era
- 19th century (1896)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Mood
- decorative, sophisticated
- Rooms
- hallway or entryway, study or library, 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, 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 — 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.
