Red Star Line: Antwerp–New York
1899 · Colour lithograph (Les Maîtres de l'Affiche plate after the poster) · The New York Public Library
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This print

About this work
- Artist
- Henri Cassiers (1858–1944)
- Year
- 1899
- Medium
- Colour lithograph (Les Maîtres de l'Affiche plate after the poster)
- Original size
- 39 × 29 cm
- Collection
- The New York Public Library (Les Maîtres de l'Affiche, reduced plate)
- Movement
- Art Nouveau
- Series
- Les Maîtres de l'Affiche
A stocky Flemish fisherman in a sou'wester stands with his back to us on a green dune, watching a steamer leave the harbour under a deep blue sky. Henri Cassiers designed the poster in 1899 for the Red Star Line's passenger service between Antwerp and New York; it was printed by O. de Rycker in Brussels. This is plate 228 of Les Maîtres de l'Affiche, printed by Chaix in 1900.
This exhibition-poster edition shows the whole work beneath original typography set in-house. The original is in the public domain.
Where it works
Cobalt, olive and cream, for a hallway, study or coastal-house wall at 12×18 or 16×24 in thin black or dark wood, no mat. It suits a white or navy wall and pairs with d'Alési's Paris à Venise.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Exhibition poster of a Art Nouveau painting
- Era
- 19th century (1899)
- 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 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.


















