Newspaper posters

Collection Data

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1893 - 1897 (Approximate)
Library locations
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection
Shelf locator: 3-MDW+++ (Newspaper posters)
Topics
Posters, American
Genres
Posters
Notes
Statement of responsibility: Original posters mounted and bound by The New York Public Library, 1939.
Biographical/historical: The advent of the art poster in America is traceable to the publication of Edward Penfield's poster advertising the March 1893 issue of Harper's. Unlike earlier advertising posters, Penfield's work presented an implied graphic narrative to which text was secondary. In this way, and subsequently, in the hands of major artists such as Penfield, Will Bradley and Ethel Reed, the poster moved from the realm of commercial art to an elevated, artistic position.
Physical Description
Extent: 2 v., 67 cm.
Type of Resource
Still image
Text
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b15595758
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 9238e040-c6ca-012f-2dec-58d385a7bc34
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