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This is a hand-coloured fashion plate of flat blue, gold and pink, and a faded copy loses its colour and its fine line. Our Barbier Les Trois Graces print was graded beside the original so the blue stays clear, the golden gown glows and every line stays crisp.
Canvas, framed or paper
Stretched canvas. Printed on cotton canvas and stretched taut over a frame. The edges are mirror-wrapped, so the picture continues around the sides and none of it is lost to the fold.
Framed canvas. The same canvas, set in a black, white, natural wood or dark wood frame 0.83 in deep. The frame gives the work a finished edge and a little more presence on the wall.
Framed print. Printed on fine art matte paper and framed in solid pine, behind shatterproof plexiglass, in black, white, natural wood or dark wood. It arrives ready to hang. Framed sizes are measured on the outside of the frame.
Fine art print. Printed on 310gsm fine art matte paper, for framing your own way. It travels rolled and protected. From 18x24 inch.
Sizes
18x28 inch. Framed sizes are measured on the outside of the frame, so the visible painting is a little smaller.
On your wall
Its tall shape suits a dressing room, a bedroom, a hallway or a powder room. The blue, gold and pink look lovely with cream, brass and black, and a slim black or gold-toned frame suits it best.
About the painting
Les Trois Grâces by George Barbier
Paris, 1918
George Barbier, from Nantes, was one of a set of young illustrators who drew Paris fashion as art. Vogue nicknamed them the Knights of the Bracelet. He drew for the Gazette du Bon Ton, and for little yearly almanacs of fashion and verse.
The Three Graces
In old paintings the Three Graces are goddesses of beauty and joy. Barbier made them three young Parisiennes in the new gowns: one in white with pink roses, one in golden yellow crossed with black, one in grey stripes, arm in arm before a fountain, with two peacocks above.
La Guirlande des Mois
The plate comes from the almanac La Guirlande des Mois, the garland of the months, in 1918, the last year of the war. Its flat colour and long, elegant lines are the look we now call Art Deco.
Read the story
For two thousand years, artists painted the Three Graces as goddesses. George Barbier dressed them for Paris.
It's 1918, the last year of the war. Barbier is thirty-six.
He comes from Nantes, and he leads a set of young illustrators who draw fashion as if it were fine art. Vogue calls them the Knights of the Bracelet.
He draws for a Paris fashion magazine, the Gazette du Bon Ton, and for little yearly almanacs of fashion and verse.
This one is called La Guirlande des Mois, the garland of the months.
For it, he draws three young women in the newest gowns. One in white, scattered with pink roses. One in golden yellow, crossed with black. One in soft grey stripes.
They lean together, arm in arm, in front of a fountain, with two peacocks perched above them.
Underneath, in his clean capitals, he writes the title: Les Trois Grâces. The Three Graces.
The flat colours and long, elegant lines will soon have a name: Art Deco.
Barbier goes on to design costumes for the Folies Bergère, and dies in Paris in 1932, aged just forty-nine.
Look at their faces, cool and calm, and at those gowns. A hundred years on, they're still in fashion.
Les Trois Grâces. George Barbier, 1918.
How each piece is brought to life
Faithful to the original, and made to be felt on your wall.
Graded against the original
We compare every work with the original as we grade it, keeping the artist’s colours true while bringing back their depth and glow. Every mark stays the artist’s own.
Printed for you
Printed to order on cotton canvas or fine art paper, then framed if you chose a frame, in 1 to 3 business days.
On your wall
It arrives 5 to 12 business days later, tracked and free anywhere in the US. Framed pieces come ready to hang.
Questions
Is this the original painting?
No. The original hangs in a museum. What you receive is a fine art reproduction, remastered from the original and printed for you, with every mark where the artist left it.
Will the colour look flat?
This is where most reproductions disappoint, and it is where we spend the most time. Each work is graded side by side with the original: faithful to the artist’s colours, with the depth and warmth brought back, so it moves you on the wall the way it was meant to. Canvas reads a touch softer than a backlit screen, and every screen shows colour a little differently.
Will the edges be cropped?
Each size is a standard frame size, so we fit the painting by trimming a little from its edges. We never stretch or squash it, and we check every size by eye so no face, figure or signature is cut. On canvas the edges are mirror-wrapped, which keeps the whole picture on the front.
Which size is right for my wall?
Aim for about two-thirds the width of the furniture beneath it. Over a sofa or a sideboard, one of the two largest sizes will hold the wall. The size guide lists every size in inches and centimetres, with the kind of wall each one suits.
How long does it take?
Your piece is printed in 1–3 business days, then spends 5–12 business days in transit, tracked all the way. Delivery is free anywhere in the US. We are unable to deliver to PO boxes.
What if it arrives damaged?
Send us a photograph and we will remake it and send it again. There is nothing to return.
Can I return it?
Yes, within 30 days of delivery. Our returns policy has the details.
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Printed to order
Graded against the original, then printed for you on cotton canvas or fine art paper in 1–3 business days.
The whole painting
Every mark is the artist’s own, and canvas edges are mirror-wrapped so the whole picture stays on the front.
Free US shipping
On every order, tracked, 5–12 business days in transit.
30-day returns
Returns and exchanges within 30 days of delivery.
