{"product_id":"john-constable-cloud-study-1821-giclee-print","title":"John Constable – Cloud Study, 1821 | Giclée Print","description":"\u003cp\u003eNo horizon, no landscape, no place — only sky. Constable set his board down on Hampstead Heath on the afternoon of 13 September 1821 and painted what was over his head: a bank of altocumulus breaking up, warm grey against blue, laid in fast with a loaded brush.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn the back he wrote what he had seen, in ink on a small parchment label: “Sept’r 13th one o’clock. Slight wind at North West, which became tempestuous in the afternoon, with Rain all the night following.” He did this for every study of that autumn — hour, wind, and the weather before and after. It is a painter keeping a weather record.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the first of the studies with no horizon line at all, and September was his month: he thought its skies had a “peculiar tone and beauty”.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat this is.\u003c\/strong\u003e A giclée reproduction printed with pigment inks from the museum’s own open-access photograph. It is not an oil painting and is not sold as one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eScale\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eOriginal: 24.8 × 30.2 cm \/ 9.8 × 11.9 in — oil on paper laid on board, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e50 × 40 cm \/ 19.7 × 15.7 in\u003c\/strong\u003e — original size, 1:1. Image 30.20 × 25.59 cm.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e70 × 50 cm \/ 27.6 × 19.7 in\u003c\/strong\u003e — enlarged, 1.19× original. Image 36.07 × 30.56 cm.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe print\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGiclée on 200 gsm FSC-certified fine art paper, twelve pigment inks. White border, optical centre. The paper tone of the original is kept, not corrected. Unframed. Shipped rolled in a tube.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA note on the height.\u003c\/strong\u003e The catalogued size is 24.8 × 30.2 cm; the photograph of the sheet is proportioned a little differently, so at 1:1 the printed height comes out at 25.6 cm. We anchor the width and leave the file as it is rather than stretch it. Our assumption, stated as an assumption: the catalogue measures the board, the photograph shows the paper laid on it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProvenance\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJohn Constable (1776–1837), \u003cem\u003eCloud Study\u003c\/em\u003e, 13 September 1821; oil on paper laid on board, 24.8 × 30.2 cm.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhere this comes from\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe museum file, the measurements, and what we are allowed to sell: \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/sheet-record-constable-cloud-study\"\u003ethe record for this sheet\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFurther reading\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/notes\/why-this-print-is-not-bigger\"\u003eWhy This Print Is Not Bigger\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Museartis","offers":[{"title":"50 × 40 cm \/ 19.7 × 15.7 in — Original size, 1:1","offer_id":65883348533597,"sku":"MUS-068-5040","price":59.0,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true},{"title":"70 × 50 cm \/ 27.6 × 19.7 in — Enlarged, 1.19× original","offer_id":65883348566365,"sku":"MUS-068-7050","price":79.0,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1102\/7139\/8237\/files\/museartis-MUS-068-plate.jpg?v=1789052534","url":"https:\/\/museartis.com\/products\/john-constable-cloud-study-1821-giclee-print","provider":"Museartis","version":"1.0","type":"link"}