Details
| Artist | Joseph Christian Leyendecker, American, 1874-1951 |
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| Printer | W. B. Orcutt Company, American |
| Publisher | Century Company, American |
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| Date | 1896 |
| Medium | commercial lithograph printed in color ink |
| Dimensions | Sheet: 21 1/4 × 15 7/8 inches (54 × 40.3 cm) |
| Credit Line | Collection of The Detroit Institute of Arts |
| Accession Number | 1989.172 |
| Department | Prints, Drawings & Photographs |
| Not On View |
Signed, Marks, Inscriptions
| Inscriptions | Inscribed, in plate, upper center: THE AUGUST | CENTURY Inscribed, upper right, aligned off the word CENTURY: MIDSUMMER | HOLIDAY NUMBER Inscribed, left bottom margin: DESIGNED BY J. C. LEYENDECKER. Inscribed, center bottom margin: FIRST PRIZE, CENTURY POSTER CONTEST. | COPYRIGHT, 1896, BY THE CENTURY CO. ELIHU VEDDER, | F. HOPKINSON SMITH, | HENRY J. HARDENBERGH, | JUDGES Inscribed, right bottom margin: PRINTED FROM ALUMINUM BY W.B. ORCUTT COMPANY, N.Y. |
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Provenance
1989-present, found in the collection of the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
Published References
Malhotra, Ruth, and Christina Thon, et al., DAS FRUHE PLAKAT IN EUROPA UND DEN USA, Vol. 1, GROSSBRITANNIEN UND VEREINIGTE STAATEN VON NORDAMERIKA, Berlin: Gebr. Mann, 1973, no 282.
Kiehl, David, et al., AMERICAN ART POSTERS OF THE 1890S, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art (distributed by Harry N. Abrams, Inc.), 1987, no 112.
Kiehl, David, et al., AMERICAN ART POSTERS OF THE 1890S, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art (distributed by Harry N. Abrams, Inc.), 1987, no 112.
