Caprice in Purple and Gold: The Golden Screen
1864 · Oil on panel · Freer Gallery of Art
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This print

About this work
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler (1834–1903)
- Year
- 1864
- Medium
- Oil on panel
- Original size
- 50.1 × 68.5 cm
- Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art
- Movement
- Tonalism
A young woman in a kimono, modelled by Joanna Hiffernan, sits on the floor looking at Japanese woodblock prints by Hiroshige, in front of a gold folding screen painted with a landscape. Whistler collected Japanese prints and porcelain in the 1860s, and this is one of a small group of pictures in which he set his model among them. It is in the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington.
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 rich purple and gold interior for a living room, study or reading corner, framed in dark wood. It pairs well with Hiroshige prints and suits deep green, aubergine or warm white walls.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Exhibition poster of a Tonalism painting
- Era
- 19th century (1864)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Palette
- butter yellow, cream & beige
- Mood
- calm
- Rooms
- living room, study or library, dining room, dorm room, hallway or entryway
- 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.


































