Irises (Vase with Irises Against a Yellow Background)

Vincent van Gogh

1890 · Oil on canvas · Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam

Size2:3 ratio

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About this work

Artist: Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890)
Year: 1890
Medium: Oil on canvas
Original size: 92 × 73.5 cm
Collection: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
Movement: Post-Impressionism

A dense bouquet of irises in a plain vase, the flowers now blue, set against a flat yellow wall and a yellow tabletop. Van Gogh painted it in the psychiatric hospital at Saint-Rémy in 1890, during his final weeks there, as a deliberate study in colour: the irises were originally purple, and the complementary clash of purple against yellow was meant to make their decorative shapes jump forward. As the red component of the pigment has faded the flowers have turned blue, so the contrast is gentler today than he intended. He painted the same bouquet twice, the other version setting purple and pink against green. The flat ground, the absence of shadow and the stems crowding the picture follow the Japanese prints he loved. The painting has never left the family collection and is in the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam.

This exhibition-poster edition shows the whole work beneath original typography set in-house. The original is in the public domain.

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; 16×24 and 24×36 also available framed in black or natural wood • Made to order; colours may vary slightly from screen

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Produced in 2–4 business days, then shipped from the facility nearest you. Delivery is typically 3–6 business days (US/UK/EU) and 5–12 worldwide. 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 Irises (Vase with Irises Against a Yellow Background) in the public domain?

Yes. Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890) 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 Van Gogh Museum.

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; the two larger sizes are also offered framed. Colours are matched to the scan, not brightened.

When was Irises (Vase with Irises Against a Yellow Background) painted, and in what medium?

Irises (Vase with Irises Against a Yellow Background) dates from 1890 and was made in oil on canvas; the original measures 92 × 73.5 cm.

What size works above a sofa or bed?

For a standard three-seat sofa or a queen bed, 24×36 inches reads as a single statement piece; 16×24 suits a narrower wall or a pairing. The print's proportions follow the original, so a landscape-format painting is wider than it is tall.

About this design

A museum-exhibition poster of Vincent van Gogh's Irises — a vase of violet irises against a brilliant yellow ground, the complementary colours at full pitch — shown whole and uncropped beneath gallery typography. A Retrospective, 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. Three sizes (12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in); the 16×24 and 24×36 are also offered framed. Part of the Madten Exhibition Posters Collection. — — — Printed to order and shipped by our production partner, Gelato.

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