Collection · 18 prints
The Kiss
The oldest gesture, in gold and in woodcut
The Kiss: paintings, prints and posters of couples kissing or embracing.
Works include Gustav Klimt's The Kiss (1908), The Embrace and the Beethoven Frieze, Edvard Munch's The Kiss IV (1902), Peter Behrens's Art Nouveau woodcut The Kiss (1898), Pierre-Auguste Renoir's The Lovers and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec's Reine de Joie poster (1892). The collection also includes Pre-Raphaelite paintings by John Everett Millais and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, George Barbier's Art Deco prints, Japanese ukiyo-e by Kitagawa Utamaro and Utagawa Kuniyoshi, a Bundi miniature of Vishnu and Lakshmi, and illustrations by Harry Clarke and Edmund Dulac.
The selection shows the same embrace treated in gold leaf, woodcut, oil and poster form across several traditions.
These scenes suit bedrooms and make fitting wedding or anniversary gifts; the larger Klimt works hang well above a bed. All prints are museum-quality reproductions, available unframed or framed with low-glare acrylic glazing, with free shipping and import duties covered.
