A flame-haired marchesa turns her dark gaze from a storm-green sky

Augustus John (1878–1961) was the most celebrated British portraitist of the first half of the 20th century, renowned for his flamboyant personality and his commanding, psychologically penetrating portraits. His sitters included Thomas Hardy, W.B. Yeats, T.E. Lawrence, and Tallulah Bankhead. His portrait of the Marchesa Casati — the most painted woman of the 20th century — captures its subject's legendary extravagance with characteristic force.

Printed on Hahnemühle German Etching paper — the same archival stock museum studios use — through a 12-ink giclée process that holds colour the way memory holds detail: precisely, completely. Collector-grade, by design.