The Century. Midsummer holdiay number. August – Vintage Wall Art
(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.)
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Step back in time with The Century. Midsummer holdiay number. August, a vintage poster rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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The Century. Midsummer holdiay number. August
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This color poster, made for the August midsummer holiday number of *The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine*, earned second prize in the magazine's poster contest. The young Maxfield Parrish, born in 1870, designed it around 1897, early in a career that later made him one of the most recognized illustrators in the United States. The contest belonged to the wave of American poster art of the 1890s, when magazines and publishers commissioned bold, simplified images to draw attention on newsstands and in shop windows. The record's date and some catalog details are unverified, so the exact year is best read as approximate.
| Created / published | c1897. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : color ; 51 x 35 cm. |
| Notes | Color poster by Maxfield Parrish, 1870- . Second prize, Century poster contest. Promotional goal: U.S. D41. 1897. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: I. The Century illustrated monthly magazine. Women; Nudes. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,030 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-172794 |
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