The Pseudonym and Autonym Libraries

Aubrey Beardsley

1894 · Colour lithograph (poster) · Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

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Complete the setHangs well with these two

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The Pseudonym and Autonym Libraries

Isolde

The Yellow Book (Prospectus, Volume I)

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About this work

Artist: Aubrey Beardsley (1872–1898)
Year: 1894
Medium: Colour lithograph (poster)
Collection: Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (Prints and Photographs Division)
Movement: Art Nouveau

A tall woman in a long salmon-pink coat and an enormous plumed hat walks past a bookshop window towards the doorway, under the bare stems of a young tree. Aubrey Beardsley designed the poster in 1894 for T. Fisher Unwin's two series of cheap novels, the Pseudonym and Autonym Libraries, and the right-hand panel lists the titles with their prices. It is one of the posters that made the English 'aesthetic' poster famous, flat colour held in by heavy black line. The impression reproduced is in the Library of Congress.

This exhibition-poster edition shows the whole work beneath original typography set in-house. The original is in the public domain.

Where it works

Salmon pink and black on pale paper, for a home library, reading nook or hallway at 16×24 or 24×36 in thin black, no mat. It sits well on a white or pale grey wall and pairs with Beardsley's Yellow Book announcement.

Style, size & framing detail

Style: Exhibition poster of a Art Nouveau painting
Era: 19th century (1894)
Orientation: Portrait
Palette: cream & beige
Mood: decorative, sophisticated
Rooms: hallway or entryway, study or library, living room, dining room, dorm 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. 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

• Exhibition poster — original, drawn in-house • Heavyweight matte fine-art paper, giclée printed at 300 DPI • Sizes: 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in; every size also available framed • Framed option: wood frame in black or dark wood, 12 mm wide and 22 mm deep, with a plexiglass front and no mat; the print is mounted inside and the frame's outside measures the listed size • Made to order; colours may vary slightly from screen

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Printed after you order at the facility nearest you, then shipped. Standard delivery is free and takes 4–9 business days from order to door in the US, UK and EU (up to 10 elsewhere); Express takes 4–6 business days. Because each print is made to order we don't take change-of-mind returns, but if it arrives damaged or flawed we'll reprint or refund it — no return needed. Full policy →

Is this the whole painting, or a crop?

The whole work, uncropped. The exhibition-poster edition sets the complete image above typography designed in-house.

Is The Pseudonym and Autonym Libraries in the public domain?

Yes. Aubrey Beardsley (1872–1898) died more than 70 years ago and the work was published before 1929, so the painting itself is public domain. This print is a reproduction made from a high-resolution scan of the original, which is held by Library of Congress.

What is it printed on?

Heavyweight matte fine-art paper with pigment inks, made to order in 12×18, 16×24 and 24×36 inches; every size is also offered framed in black or dark wood, with plexiglass and no mat. Colours are matched to the scan, not brightened.

When was The Pseudonym and Autonym Libraries painted, and in what medium?

The Pseudonym and Autonym Libraries dates from 1894 and was made in colour lithograph (poster).

What size works above a sofa or bed?

Across a three-seat sofa or a queen bed, 24×36 is the size that reads as one statement piece; 16×24 suits a narrower wall or a pair. For The Pseudonym and Autonym Libraries we'd choose 16×24.

About this design

A museum-exhibition poster of Aubrey Beardsley's The Pseudonym and Autonym Libraries — a tall woman in a long salmon-pink coat and an enormous plumed hat walks past a bookshop window towards the doorway, under the bare stems of a young tree — shown whole and uncropped beneath gallery typography. The Aesthetic Line, styled as a blockbuster exhibition print. A gallery-style exhibition poster: a celebrated public-domain artwork shown whole and uncropped beneath original exhibition typography set in-house — printed to order on heavyweight matte fine-art paper. Every size is offered unframed or framed in black or dark wood. Part of the Madten Exhibition Posters Collection. — — — Printed to order and shipped by our production partner, Gelato.

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