The Gulf Stream

Winslow Homer

1899 · Oil on canvas · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Size2:3 ratio

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$59Unframed print · made to order

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Complete the setHangs well with these two

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The Gulf Stream

Aristotle with a Bust of Homer

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About this work

Artist: Winslow Homer (1836–1910)
Year: 1899
Medium: Oil on canvas
Original size: 71.4 × 124.8 cm
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Movement: Realism

A Black sailor lies across the deck of a small sloop that has lost its mast and rudder, sugar cane stalks beside him, while sharks circle in the blood-streaked water, a waterspout rises on the horizon to the right and a distant ship passes on the left without seeing him. Homer painted it in 1899 in his studio at Prouts Neck, Maine, drawing on watercolours made during winter trips to the Bahamas and Cuba over the previous fifteen years. When viewers asked what would happen to the man, he answered impatiently that the boat and sharks were merely incidental and that the ship would rescue him. The painting was bought by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1906, one of the first Homers to enter a public collection.

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 dismasted boat, sharks and a waterspout make a dramatic seascape for a study, office or coastal living room at 16×24 or 24×36. Black on white or deep blue; it holds its own alone and is not a nursery picture.

Style, size & framing detail

Style: Exhibition poster of a Realism painting
Era: 19th century (1899)
Orientation: Portrait
Palette: cream & beige
Mood: dramatic, moody
Rooms: living room, study or library, home office, 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 natural 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

Shipping & returns

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 Gulf Stream in the public domain?

Yes. Winslow Homer (1836–1910) 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 The Metropolitan Museum 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; every size is also offered framed in black or natural wood, with plexiglass and no mat. Colours are matched to the scan, not brightened.

When was The Gulf Stream painted, and in what medium?

The Gulf Stream dates from 1899 and was made in oil on canvas; the original measures 71.4 × 124.8 cm.

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 Gulf Stream we'd choose 16×24.

About this design

A museum-exhibition poster of Winslow Homer's The Gulf Stream — the whole dramatic seascape shown uncropped beneath gallery typography. A masterwork of American Realism, 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 natural wood. Part of the Madten Exhibition Posters Collection. — — — Printed to order and shipped by our production partner, Gelato.

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The Madten promise

Gallery-grade archival giclée. Rich pigment inks on heavyweight fine-art paper (or gallery-wrapped canvas) — built to last, not a poster-shop print.

Arrives perfect or we reprint it — free. Every piece is made to order; if it shows up damaged or flawed we remake it, no return needed.

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