Butterflies - George Barbier Art Print

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Velvety matte fine art paper (warm white, archival-grade, 200gsm) with bold, vibrant, non-toxic pigment inks. High-definition print lab techniques give you sharper details, deeper saturation and true-to-life tones. While the matte surface keeps glare down and archival-grade materials mean the colors you fall for stay vivid for decades.

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Chevron cut wooden frames make a timeless statement in three distinctive colors: black, white and natural. Each frame is made of sustainably sourced FSC® certified knotless pine. And your artwork is protected behind ultra-clear perspex glaze that’s lighter than glass and shatter-resistant.

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Luscious artist-grade cotton canvas, hand-stretched and finely textured, gives every detail depth and precision, catching light and color with striking clarity. While a precisely measured floating frame leaves a slim gap around the canvas, so it seems to hover with a sleek, gallery-worthy effect. Finished with your choice of frame color — black, white or natural — made from sustainably sourced FSC® certified knotless pine.

Giclée Printing

In George Barbier's Butterflies art print, she wants one to land, not to be caught. A short haired woman in a pale pink dress rises on tiptoe beneath a black tree, one hand open toward a drift of white butterflies. One closed fist would end the visit, so her hand stays open, hoping the butterflies will take her for one of their own. 

In 1717 the French Academy created a category for the fête galante, parties in parkland where figures in ball dress amuse themselves amorously, and Watteau painted the variations it was made to describe. Ruffled rings stand out from her skirt on both sides, and beneath a friend in a checked skirt sits under a wide hat while another lounges in gray. Here the courtship party has lost its courting, because each of the three has found something better to watch. 

In your sunroom, the pale pink of her dress warms the window glass like early sun, and the black of the tree draws one clean line along the wall. Open a window while you eat and watch the afternoon take a seat among the guests, like a fourth friend on the grass. Leave the door open an inch and with this Barbier vision whatever flutters in, a moth or a bit of news, has room to land.

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