Hellé
1896 · Colour lithograph · Cleveland Museum of Art
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About this work
- Artist
- Théophile Steinlen (1859–1923)
- Year
- 1896
- Medium
- Colour lithograph
- Original size
- 39.9 × 28.5 cm
- Collection
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Movement
- Belle Époque
The heroine of the opera stands veiled and pale among the columns of a Greek temple, while a procession of women in white files along the shore behind her. Théophile Steinlen made the lithograph for Hellé, the opera by Alphonse Duvernoy to a libretto by Camille du Locle and Charles Nuitter, first staged at the Paris Opéra in 1896. The impression reproduced is in the Cleveland 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
Muted gold, sea blue and ivory, for a bedroom, music room or quiet hallway at 12×18 or 16×24 in thin black or dark wood, no mat. It suits a white or stone wall and pairs with Steinlen's Le Rêve.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Exhibition poster of a Belle Époque painting
- Era
- 19th century (1896)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Palette
- cream & beige
- Mood
- decorative, sophisticated
- Rooms
- bedroom, hallway or entryway, living room, dining room, dorm room
- Good gift for
- housewarming, 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
The Madten promise
A fine-art print
The same artwork as a clean fine-art print — the image shown large with a minimal caption.





































