Collection · 47 prints
Against Gold
Anything on gold becomes an icon
Against Gold: paintings, prints and posters in which the subject is set against a gold or yellow background.
Artists include Leonetto Cappiello (French posters for champagne, the Folies-Bergère and umbrellas), Edward Penfield (Yale, Princeton and Cornell posters), Paul Gauguin (Woman of the Mango, 1892), Odilon Redon, Wassily Kandinsky (Apocalyptic Riders), Koloman Moser and Kitagawa Utamaro (ukiyo-e beauties). The collection also has Japanese gold-ground paintings by Tosa Mitsuoki and Uemura Shōen, Ohara Koson's peacocks, and Indian works including a Bundi miniature of Vishnu and Lakshmi and a Kalighat painting of Manasa.
The selection brings together gold and yellow grounds from Japanese screens, Indian miniatures and French posters.
The warm gold grounds suit living rooms, dining rooms and entryways, especially with wood or brass furnishings and neutral walls. All prints are museum-quality reproductions, available unframed or framed with low-glare acrylic glazing, with free shipping and import duties covered.
