L'Estampe et l'Affiche
1897 · Colour lithograph (poster) · Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris
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About this work
- Artist
- Pierre Bonnard (1867–1947)
- Year
- 1897
- Medium
- Colour lithograph (poster)
- Original size
- 80 × 60 cm
- Collection
- Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris (department of Prints and Photography)
- Movement
- Belle Époque
A woman in a dark hat and a green dress bends over a portfolio of prints, in front of a wall of posters, the title L'Estampe et l'Affiche, revue d'art, lettered across the sheet in Bonnard's hand. Bonnard designed the poster in 1897 for the review of prints and posters edited by André Mellerio and Clément-Janin, which chronicled the poster craze of the 1890s; the drawing is in his loosest lithographic crayon, the lettering as much a scribble as the picture. Printed by Edw. Ancourt, Paris. The impression reproduced is in the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
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 scribbled figure over a wall of posters in grey, green and black, for a study, print room or hallway at 16×24 or 24×36 in thin black, no mat. It suits a white or warm grey wall and pairs with Bonnard's La Revue Blanche.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Exhibition poster of a Belle Époque painting
- Era
- 19th century (1897)
- 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
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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.




























