Harper's May / Edward Penfield. – Vintage Print
![Harper's May / Edward Penfield., [1896] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/d0/d0440c852bb7-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.)
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Harper's May / Edward Penfield. comes to life in this vintage poster, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Harper's May / Edward Penfield.
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Edward Penfield's 1896 poster for the May issue of *Harper's* stands out for its pairing of women and cats, the two subjects catalogued for this sheet. Penfield was one of the most prominent American poster designers of the 1890s, when the color lithographed poster became a popular form of advertising in the wake of French artists such as Jules Chéret and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. His work for *Harper's* used flat areas of color, bold outlines, and simplified figures that could be read quickly from across a street. The poster shows how magazine publishers borrowed the energy of street art to sell monthly issues.
| Created / published | [1896] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : color. |
| Genre | Advertisements 1890-1900.Posters American 1890-1900.Prints Color 1890-1900. |
| Notes | Promotional goal: U.S. D41. 1896. |
| Subjects | Cats--1890-1900. Women--1890-1900. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,152 × 1,443 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-217085 |
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