The thinker / John Held, Jr. – Historic Print
(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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This rare historic print captures The thinker / John Held, Jr. in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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The thinker / John Held, Jr.
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Titled *The Thinker*, this Life cover borrows the name of Rodin's famous bronze and applies it to a flapper, the decade's emblem of carefree modern youth. John Held Jr. published his cartoons of jazz-age young women in Life and other magazines throughout the 1920s, and his angular, playful line helped shape how Americans pictured the era's fashions, from bobbed hair to short skirts. The catalog lists romance as a subject, a theme that ran through many of his covers. Printed in color halftone for the March 18, 1926, issue, it shows how popular magazines turned flapper style into an instantly recognizable image.
| Created / published | 1926 March 18. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print : halftone, color. |
| Genre | Magazine covers 1920-1930.Periodical illustrations 1920-1930.Halftone photomechanical prints Color 1920-1930. |
| Notes | Illus. in: Life, v. 87, 1926 March 18, cover. |
| Subjects | Flappers--1920-1930. Romances--1920-1930. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,139 × 1,444 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-219267 |
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