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Five Dollar Bill
Original price was: $599.00.$299.00Current price is: $299.00.
Artist: William Michael Harnett
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A worn banknote lies against a dark wooden ground in Five Dollar Bill by William Michael Harnett. Hand-painted oil reproduction on canvas.
Description
Description
A single worn banknote occupies the middle of a wooden surface in Five Dollar Bill by William Michael Harnett. The note is light enough to stand apart from the brown ground, but its irregular edges and softened marks suggest an object that has been handled. Instead of filling the scene with decorative items, Harnett makes one familiar piece of paper carry the attention.
About Five Dollar Bill Reproduction
The Philadelphia Museum of Art records the original Still Life–Five-Dollar Bill as a painting from 1877. Its place in a museum collection reflects the unusual shift in subject: money becomes something to study for its appearance rather than something to spend. Borders, lettering, discoloration and the narrow shadows around the paper all contribute to the impression of a physical note resting on another surface.
This is part of the attraction of illusionistic still-life painting painting, where the artist tests how convincingly paint can suggest real objects. You can recognize the denomination quickly, then look more slowly at the relationship between paper and wood. The simplicity also leaves room for a personal response to value, collecting or the traces of use on ordinary things. Those associations need not be the same for every viewer.
The hand-painted reproduction
ByMuseum offers a hand-painted oil reproduction on canvas of the pictured composition. The product is a decorative painting reproducing a historical still life. Its broad arrangement works best when the banknote remains surrounded by the wooden field shown in the image. Consider a study, office or grouping of American still-life subjects where the compact motif can be viewed at a comfortable distance. Check the selected canvas dimensions against your available wall, and use the framing choices to decide how much additional visual weight to give the quiet brown ground.
- Artist: William Michael Harnett.
- Subject: a five-dollar banknote on a wooden surface.
- Historical original recorded in 1877.
- Product: hand-painted oil reproduction on canvas.
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Each ByMuseum artwork is a hand-painted oil painting reproduction created by trained artists on high-quality cotton canvas. Every piece is reviewed, finished, and packed according to the framing option you select.
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Unframed — Rolled in Tube
Your artwork is painted on premium cotton canvas, then shipped safely rolled in a rigid tube with extra blank canvas border — ready for stretching or framing locally.
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Gallery Wrap is a deeper, 1.5" style stretcher. The canvas wraps around the sides and is stapled on the back for a clean, modern, frameless look.
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