Isolde
1895 · Colour lithograph · Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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About this work
- Artist
- Aubrey Beardsley (1872–1898)
- Year
- 1895
- Medium
- Colour lithograph
- Original size
- 24.5 × 14.7 cm
- Collection
- Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (Prints and Photographs Division)
- Movement
- Art Nouveau
Isolde, in a tall hat and a long white gown trimmed with black, drinks the love potion from a cup, against a flat red ground, her name lettered at the foot. Beardsley drew Isolde in 1895 for the magazine The Studio, which published it as a colour supplement, and the Berlin art review Pan reprinted it in 1899–1900; it is one of the few designs he made in colour, the red, white and black laid down in flat shapes like a Japanese print. The impression reproduced is the Pan print held by the Library of Congress, Washington.
This exhibition-poster edition shows the whole work beneath original typography set in-house. The original is in the public domain.
Where it works
A white figure on flat red, small and graphic, for a study, bedroom or hallway at 12×18 or 16×24 in thin black, no mat. It suits a white or charcoal wall and pairs with Mucha's La Tosca.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Exhibition poster of a Art Nouveau painting
- Era
- 19th century (1895)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Palette
- cream & beige
- Mood
- decorative, sophisticated
- Rooms
- bedroom, hallway or entryway, study or library, 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, 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. Exhibition posters sit best in a slim black frame with no mat — the typeset margin is the mat.
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
A fine-art print
The same artwork as a clean fine-art print — the image shown large with a minimal caption.
