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Fact and Fiction" [old man reading newspaper beside young woman reading book]" – Antique Print

Fact and Fiction" [old man reading newspaper beside young woman reading book]", 1917 — historic print
Fact and Fiction" [old man reading newspaper beside young woman reading book]", 1917. Historic print from the Books & Writers collection.

(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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An older man lost in his newspaper sits beside a young woman absorbed in a novel in this color halftone, titled "Fact and Fiction." The caption card identifies it as a reproduction of a Norman Rockwell painting that ran on the cover of *Leslie's Illustrated Weekly Newspaper* on January 11, 1917, when Rockwell was in his early twenties. The title sets the news of the day against invented worlds, a contrast that gains edge as the country moved toward war in 1917. Color halftone reproduction let magazines carry painted art to a broad readership.

Created / published1917
Medium1 photomechanical print : halftone, color.
SubjectsTitle and other information transcribed from caption card. Color halftone reproduction of painting by Norman Rockwell. Illus. in: Leslie's illustrated weekly newspaper, vol. 124, no. 3201 (1917 Jan. 11), p. 33 (cover). Caption card tracings: Cartoons, U.S.--1916-1919; Rockwell, Norman--Works; Books and reading.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,135 × 1,489 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-176190

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