Harper's February
Poster
1897 (printed)
1897 (printed)
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| Place of origin |
This poster was issued by the American magazine Harper’s Weekly. In the 1890s book and magazine publishers led the change in American poster design. Harper’s were aware of the French artistic poster at an early date, and in 1889 they commissioned Eugène Grasset (1841-1917). From April 1893 Harper’s Weekly issued monthly posters, all drawn by their art director, Edward Penfield (1866-1925). His designs used sensitive outlines, blocks of limited colour and simple compositions, often of a single figure reading.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Harper's February (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Colour lithograph on paper |
| Brief description | Edward Penfield. Poster for Harper's magazine. February 1897. American. |
| Physical description | Poster |
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| Credit line | Given by Bertram Evans |
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| Summary | This poster was issued by the American magazine Harper’s Weekly. In the 1890s book and magazine publishers led the change in American poster design. Harper’s were aware of the French artistic poster at an early date, and in 1889 they commissioned Eugène Grasset (1841-1917). From April 1893 Harper’s Weekly issued monthly posters, all drawn by their art director, Edward Penfield (1866-1925). His designs used sensitive outlines, blocks of limited colour and simple compositions, often of a single figure reading. |
| Bibliographic reference | Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1939, published under the Authority of the Ministry of Education, London, 1950 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.452-1939 |
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| Record created | February 13, 2003 |
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