Caprice in Purple and Gold: The Golden Screen
1864 · Oil on panel · Freer Gallery of Art
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This print
About this work
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler (1834–1903)
- Year
- 1864
- Medium
- Oil on panel
- Original size
- 50.1 × 68.5 cm
- Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art
- Movement
- Tonalism
A young woman in a kimono, modelled by Joanna Hiffernan, sits on the floor looking at Japanese woodblock prints by Hiroshige, in front of a gold folding screen painted with a landscape. Whistler collected Japanese prints and porcelain in the 1860s, and this is one of a small group of pictures in which he set his model among them. It is in the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington.
This full-bleed edition prints the work edge to edge from a high-resolution scan of the original, very slightly cropped (a few percent at most) to fit the sheet. The gallery edition shows the whole work, uncropped. The original is in the public domain.
Where it works
A rich purple and gold interior for a living room, study or reading corner, framed in dark wood. It pairs well with Hiroshige prints and suits deep green, aubergine or warm white walls.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Tonalism painting
- Era
- 19th century (1864)
- Orientation
- Landscape
- Palette
- butter yellow
- Mood
- calm
- Rooms
- living room, study or library, dining room
- Good gift for
- housewarming, art lovers
Size. Prints at 16×12, 24×18, 32×24 in — 16×12 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 24×18 above a console or sideboard; 32×24 as the statement piece above a sofa or headboard.
Framing. Printed edge to edge: a slim black or dark wood frame right to the image, or let the canvas wrap do the framing. Also available gallery-wrapped on canvas, ready to hang with no frame.
Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).
Details & materials
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