Serena Pulitzer Lederer
1899 · Oil on canvas · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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This print
About this work
- Artist
- Gustav Klimt (1862–1918)
- Year
- 1899
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Original size
- 190.8 × 85.4 cm
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
- Movement
- Vienna Secession
Serena Pulitzer Lederer stands full length in a long white gown that dissolves into soft lilac and grey strokes, her dark hair piled up, her cheeks flushed, and a faint smile on her face. The ground behind her is a pale mist of grey, cream and pink. Klimt painted the tall, narrow canvas in 1899; she and her husband, the industrialist August Lederer, were among his early patrons and went on to form a leading private collection of his work. The portrait was impounded by the Nazis in 1942 and returned to her son in 1948. It is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
This exhibition-poster edition shows the whole work beneath original typography set in-house. The original is in the public domain.
Where it works
Whites, lilac and pale grey make a quiet, luminous portrait for a bedroom, dressing room or narrow hallway wall in soft white or blush. Pair it with The White Girl by Whistler, hung at 12×18 in a black frame.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Exhibition poster of a Vienna Secession painting
- Era
- 19th century (1899)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Palette
- gold, cream & beige
- Mood
- intimate
- Rooms
- bedroom, hallway or entryway, living room, dining room, dorm room
- Good gift for
- housewarming, anniversary, her, 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
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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.
