Painterly Architectonics

Lyubov Popova

1918 · Oil on canvas · Dallas Museum of Art

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Painterly Architectonics

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About this work

Artist: Lyubov Popova (1889–1924)
Year: 1918
Medium: Oil on canvas
Collection: Dallas Museum of Art
Movement: Constructivism

Overlapping planes in black, deep red, olive green, ochre-brown and white are stacked at angles across a tall canvas, some flat and solid, others shading softly into one another, so that they seem to tilt in and out of space. The paint is thick, and the white ground is rough and scumbled. Lyubov Popova made it in Moscow in 1918, late in her Painterly Architectonics series, begun in 1916, in which she built compositions from interlocking coloured planes; the series owes much to Malevich's Suprematism but is heavier, more textured and more concerned with construction than with weightless space. She had studied in Paris in 1912–13 and taken part in the radical Russian exhibitions of 1915 and 1916. After the Revolution she turned to textile, stage and graphic design, and she died of scarlet fever in 1924. The painting is in the Dallas 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

Tilted planes of black, deep red, olive and ochre on a rough white ground, for a study, home office or living room at 24×36 in black. A white, rust or warm grey wall; it pairs with Malevich's Suprematism.

Style, size & framing detail

Style: Exhibition poster of a Constructivism painting
Era: 20th century (1918)
Orientation: Portrait
Palette: cream & beige
Mood: classic
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 24×36. 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 Painterly Architectonics in the public domain?

Yes. Lyubov Popova (1889–1924) 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 Dallas 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 Painterly Architectonics painted, and in what medium?

Painterly Architectonics dates from 1918 and was made in oil on canvas.

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 Painterly Architectonics we'd choose 24×36.

About this design

A museum-exhibition poster of Lyubov Popova's Painterly Architectonics — overlapping planes of black, red, green and ochre in a dynamic abstract construction — shown whole and uncropped beneath gallery typography. Popova: The Russian Avant-Garde, 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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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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