Across the Room
c. 1899 · Oil on canvas · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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About this work
- Artist
- Edmund C. Tarbell (1862–1938)
- Year
- c. 1899
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Original size
- 63.5 × 76.5 cm
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
- Movement
- American Impressionism
A young woman in white lies on a sofa at the far end of a large, almost empty room, half in shadow, while light falls through green shutters onto the polished floor. Tarbell left most of the canvas to the bare floor, an unusual and daring composition. 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
A quiet, spacious interior in brown, white and green for a bedroom, sitting room or study in a dark wood frame. It suits warm white or sage walls.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Exhibition poster of a American Impressionism painting
- Era
- 19th century (c. 1899)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Palette
- cream & beige
- Mood
- calm
- Rooms
- bedroom, study or library, living room, dining room, dorm room
- 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
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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.























