Description
Three friends linger at a white-clothed table in a garden after a meal. A woman in a pale mint-green dress and a tall feathered white hat leans forward with a small glass in hand, while behind her a second woman in a black coat and dramatic black hat, her collar wrapped in a soft white bow, looks on. To the right, a bearded man in dark clothing lights a cigarette, his gaze fixed on the match. Coffee cups, crystal decanters, and a small box of matches sit scattered across the table, and behind the group a wall of leafy green foliage dotted with pink blossoms fills the background.
Dated 1879 and held at the Städel Museum, the painting captures an unposed, in-between moment of café society, everyone caught mid-gesture rather than arranged for the viewer.
The print reproduces the cool mint of the dress against the deep blacks of the coats and hats, along with the dappled greens behind them, as a museum-quality giclée on canvas or fine-art paper, available in multiple sizes and ready to hang.
