Owl's Head, Penobscot Bay, Maine
1862 · Oil on canvas · Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
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About this work
- Artist
- Fitz Henry Lane (1804–1865)
- Year
- 1862
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Original size
- 40 × 66.4 cm
- Collection
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- Movement
- Luminism
A man stands on the rocks at the water's edge looking across a perfectly still bay to the lighthouse on Owl's Head, with a ship at anchor and a pale pink sky. Lane sailed to the Maine coast in the summers of the 1850s and 1860s and painted it in absolute calm. It is in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
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 serene pink-and-gold bay for a bedroom, living room or coastal house in a dark wood frame. It suits warm white or soft blue walls and pairs with Lumber Schooners at Evening.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Exhibition poster of a Luminism painting
- Era
- 19th century (1862)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Palette
- cream & beige
- Mood
- dramatic, moody
- Rooms
- living room, bedroom, dining room, dorm room, hallway or entryway
- Good gift for
- housewarming, art lovers
Size. 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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A fine-art print
The same artwork as a clean fine-art print — the image shown large with a minimal caption.
























