Harper's for June / Edward Penfield. – Vintage Print
![Harper's for June / Edward Penfield., [New York : Harper & Brothers, 1893] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/08/083a28b63445-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
This rare vintage poster captures Harper's for June / Edward Penfield. in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Harper's for June / Edward Penfield.
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A monthly magazine advertisement becomes a showpiece in this 1893 lithograph promoting the June number of Harper's, with a woman and a cluster of roses filling the sheet in flat, saturated color. Edward Penfield, one of the most prominent American poster artists of the 1890s, worked during a wave of poster enthusiasm that followed the French example of Jules Chéret and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. Publishers such as Harper & Brothers used posters like this to catch the eye of readers at newsstands and in shop windows. Penfield's clean outlines and limited palette, which let the image read from across a street, are worth noticing.
| Created / published | [New York : Harper & Brothers, 1893] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 49 x 34 cm. |
| Genre | Book & magazine posters American 1890-1900.Lithographs Color 1890-1900. |
| Notes | Title from item. |
| Subjects | Women--1890-1900. Roses--1890-1900. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,109 × 5,105 px · prints to 14 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-226370 |
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