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[Magazine covers for Liberty Magazine. April] – Vintage Print

[Magazine covers for Liberty Magazine. April], [1926-1927] — historic drawing
[Magazine covers for Liberty Magazine. April], [1926-1927]. Historic drawing from the Historic Print Archive 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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A working design rather than a finished cover, this piece is rendered in color pencil and graphite on tracing paper and was made for an April issue of *Liberty*, the popular American weekly. The translucent support suggests the artist was sketching layouts and testing color before the image went to print. In the mid-1920s, illustrated covers like this one were central to magazines competing for newsstand buyers, so a strong, instantly readable image mattered. The sheet comes from the Donald D. Walker collection in the Library's Prints and Photographs Division and shows the steps between concept and printed cover.

Created / published[1926-1927]
Medium1 drawing : color pencil and graphite on tracing paper.
GenreGraphic design drawings 1920-1930.
NotesTitle devised by Library staff. Forms part of: Visual materials from Donald D. Walker collection.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,444 × 1,164 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-216360

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