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Calf's Head and Ox Tongue by Gustave Caillebotte is one of those images that never dates. Our studio recreates it as a hand painted oil painting — textured, color-rich, and ready to hang as canvas wall art in an entryway, study, or reception area.
circa 1882
Oil on canvas
Private collection.
In painting a calf's head, while featuring a subject both humble and 'ugly', Caillebotte's representation effectively works towards a bizarre subversion of standard Realistr fare.
Focussing on the raw beef tongue and a calf's head hanging from hooks in the butrcher's shop, Caillebotte's composition furthers the disassociation of sign from substance begun with the butcher's assault on the animals. Isolated, the dismembered parts are suspended in a kind of commercial purgatory between death and consumption - dead matter cut off from life and not yet transformed and revalidated as food. Yet the pinks, mauves and reds of Caillebotte's palette fail to connote life's blood, allowing the parts to float relatively free of associations with a vital past and to assume an oddly gay appearance - one thinks of Japanese lanterns and kites.
Our artists reproduce this fine art composition in oil on canvas by hand, preserving the tonal range that makes fine art oil painting so sought after for an entryway.
Expect subtle, hand-made variation rather than factory uniformity. Each fine art canvas is painted with oils, allowed to cure properly, and inspected before it is approved for shipment.
Wondering where fine art oil painting looks best? Try an entryway mantel, a dining room sideboard, or a hallway gallery wall. The fine art subject reads clearly from a distance and rewards close viewing up near.
| Size | Price |
|---|---|
| 20 X 24 in | $58.48 |
| 24 X 36 in | $91.98 |
| 30 X 40 in | $123.48 |
| 36 X 48 in | $176.98 |
| 48 X 72 in | $329.48 |
The sizes shown are the reproduction canvas sizes we paint to order. The dimensions given in a work's description refer to the original artwork and will differ from the sizes offered here. Not sure? Read the size guide or e-mail us.
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Every canvas is painted by hand in oils on artist-grade stretched canvas, with an extra blank border left for framing. How to care for your painting.
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