The Little Monkey
1912 · Oil on canvas · Lenbachhaus, Munich
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About this work
- Artist
- Franz Marc (1880–1916)
- Year
- 1912
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Original size
- 70.4 × 100 cm
- Collection
- Lenbachhaus, Munich
- Movement
- Expressionism
A small grey-blue monkey with a long striped tail perches on a sloping pink and red branch, surrounded by fronds and leaves of green, red and yellow, with a white flower at right and a cluster of red fruit below. The foliage is painted in sweeping, faceted strokes that tilt the whole picture diagonally upward with the branch. Marc painted it in 1912, the year after the first Blue Rider exhibition, when he was turning his animal pictures toward prismatic colour and interlocking forms. Exotic animals, monkeys and tigers, appear that year beside his familiar horses, cows and deer, part of his search for creatures that could stand for an untouched, paradisal nature. The painting is in the Lenbachhaus in Munich.
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 grey-blue monkey on a pink branch among green and red leaves and red fruit, for a child's room, nursery or playroom at 16×24 in natural wood. A leaf green, cream or soft pink wall; it pairs with The Tiger.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Exhibition poster of a Expressionism painting
- Era
- 20th century (1912)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Palette
- cream & beige
- Mood
- classic
- Rooms
- nursery, kids room, living room, 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
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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.
