Even Monkeys Fall From Trees — Art Print

Description

猿も木から落ちる. “Even monkeys fall from trees.” The important detail is that the monkey is good at trees. This is not a proverb about incompetence — it is about the failure rate built into doing anything well.

It is said kindly, almost always to someone being far too hard on themselves after one bad afternoon.

Ukiyo-e woodblock: indigo, flat planes, and a fall drawn with complete composure. The kind of print that works on a wall as easily as on a shirt.

The print

• Matte poster: 189 g/m² museum-quality matte paper, giclée print, no glare
• Canvas: cotton-poly canvas stretched over a 1.25″ pine frame, ready to hang
• Square format, artwork centred with a clean margin — the poster arrives ready for any square frame
• Printed with the saying in its original language, as part of the artwork

Printed on demand, shipped worldwide

Nothing is made until you order it. Your piece is produced at the facility closest to your address — usually within 2–5 business days — and then shipped. Flat-rate shipping: $7.95 in the US, $12.95 everywhere else. Shipping & returns.

More from the same place: browse the collection by country, or read 8 Japanese proverbs about failing well.