The Boating Party

Mary Cassatt

1893–1894 · Oil on canvas · National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

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About this work

Artist: Mary Cassatt (1844–1926)
Year: 1893–1894
Medium: Oil on canvas
Original size: 90 × 117.3 cm
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Movement: Impressionism

A man in dark blue rows a boat with a yellow interior across a bright blue bay, his back to the viewer, while a woman in a blue dress crosshatched with pink holds a baby in the bow. Cassatt painted it in the winter of 1893–94 at Antibes on the Riviera, where she spent several seasons with her mother, and the hard Mediterranean light pushed her toward bolder, more decorative colour than she used in Paris. The high horizon, the dark figure pressed against the picture plane and the oblique view into the boat come from Japanese prints, and the arcs of citron and blue cut the canvas into almost abstract shapes. It is one of her largest and most ambitious paintings, and it was the centrepiece of her first solo exhibition in the United States in 1895. The painting came to the National Gallery of Art in Washington with the Chester Dale bequest in 1963.

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

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; 16×24 and 24×36 also available framed in black or natural wood • Made to order; colours may vary slightly from screen

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Produced in 2–4 business days, then shipped from the facility nearest you. Delivery is typically 3–6 business days (US/UK/EU) and 5–12 worldwide. 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 Boating Party in the public domain?

Yes. Mary Cassatt (1844–1926) 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 National Gallery of Art.

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; the two larger sizes are also offered framed. Colours are matched to the scan, not brightened.

When was The Boating Party painted, and in what medium?

The Boating Party dates from 1893–1894 and was made in oil on canvas; the original measures 90 × 117.3 cm.

What size works above a sofa or bed?

For a standard three-seat sofa or a queen bed, 24×36 inches reads as a single statement piece; 16×24 suits a narrower wall or a pairing. The print's proportions follow the original, so a landscape-format painting is wider than it is tall.

About this design

A museum-exhibition poster of Mary Cassatt's The Boating Party — The Boating Party — a mother and child in a yellow-hulled boat, the oarsman in blue filling the foreground — shown whole and uncropped beneath gallery typography. Impressionism and Modern Motherhood, 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. Three sizes (12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in); the 16×24 and 24×36 are also offered framed. Part of the Madten Exhibition Posters Collection. — — — Printed to order and shipped by our production partner, Gelato.

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