Take Your Choice
1885 · Oil on canvas · National Gallery of Art, Washington
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About this work
- Artist
- John F. Peto (1854–1907)
- Year
- 1885
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Original size
- 51.4 × 76.8 cm
- Collection
- National Gallery of Art, Washington
- Movement
- Realism
Old books in worn bindings are stacked and tumbled in a wooden bin with a price card, as on a secondhand bookseller's table. Peto painted a number of these piles of cheap books, the subject itself a choice of the humble over the grand. It is in the National Gallery of Art, Washington.
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 warm still life of old books for a library, study or reading corner in a dark wood frame. It suits deep green, brown or warm white walls and is a gift for a book lover.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Exhibition poster of a Realism painting
- Era
- 19th century (1885)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Palette
- cream & beige
- Mood
- calm
- Rooms
- study or library, living room, 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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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.





























