Roofs and Steeple — Fine Art

Roofs and Steeple - 1921 shows a row of house roofs and a church steeple rising against a pale sky. The buildings are drawn with flat shapes and thin outlines, a quiet American scene shaped by the precisionist painting practice of Charles Demuth.

This fine art print sits in a frame with a back panel, so the flat colours and thin lines stay sharp on the wall. You get a ready to hang picture that does not need assembling and keeps the drawing style easy to read from a short distance.

It works on a bedroom wall near the foot of a bed, where the steeple points upward and the roof lines lead the eye across the sheet. In morning light the pale ground stays soft and the outlines stay clear.