Houses in MontmartrePoster con cornice

Houses in Montmartre shows a cluster of pale buildings with steep roofs, painted in the loose, thick strokes Maurice Utrillo used for Paris streets.

The walls are mostly white and grey, with darker lines for windows and doors. A framed poster gives the scene a clean border.

A white frame keeps the pale walls open at the edge, while a dark wood frame pulls out the shadows in the roofs. In a hallway, the print sits above a narrow bench, and from the front door you see the row of rooftops first.