Oleanders

Vincent van Gogh

1888 · Oil on canvas · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Size2:3 ratio

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About this work

Artist: Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890)
Year: 1888
Medium: Oil on canvas
Original size: 60.3 × 73.7 cm
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Movement: Post-Impressionism

A majolica jug crammed with pink oleander, the glossy leaves and blooms spilling across the table, with books lying beside it, among them Émile Zola's novel La joie de vivre. Van Gogh painted it in Arles in August 1888, using a jug that appears in other still lifes from that summer. He thought of oleanders as joyous, life-affirming plants that bloomed inexhaustibly and kept throwing out new shoots, and the pairing with Zola's title is deliberate; three years earlier, in Nuenen, he had set the same novel against an open Bible in a still life painted at Nuenen. The flat colour, bold outlines and shallow space show how fully the lessons of Japanese prints had entered his work. The painting was given to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1962 by Mr and Mrs John L. Loeb.

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

When was Oleanders painted, and in what medium?

Oleanders dates from 1888 and was made in oil on canvas; the original measures 60.3 × 73.7 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 Oleanders — a vase of pink oleanders beside a copy of Zola's La Joie de vivre on a green table — 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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