Edmund Charles Tarbell
The Blue Veil
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Framed size: 9 × 11 in
Solid wood frame
Exhibition canvas
Removable acrylic glass
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This is a framed canvas reproduction of an 1898 painting by Edmund Charles Tarbell.
History & Materials
The story
In 19th-century visual culture, the veil concealed the face while drawing attention to what lay beneath. That sense of inaccessibility intensified desire, prompting the viewer to imagine what was withheld.
The original
Oil on canvas.
73.7 × 61 cm.
de Young Museum, San Francisco.
The reproduction
Printed with archival pigment inks on Epson Exhibition Canvas Matte.
Broad stepped solid-wood frame in cool white and pale gray.
Print size: approx. 6 × 7 in.
Framed size: 9 × 11 in.