The Century

1896

Joseph Christian Leyendecker, Artist W. B. Orcutt Company, Printer Century Company, Publisher

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About the Artwork

Title The Century

Artwork Date 1896

Makers Joseph Christian Leyendecker (Artist) American, 1874-1951 W. B. Orcutt Company (Printer) American Century Company (Publisher) American

Medium Commercial lithograph printed in color ink

Dimensions Sheet: 21 1/4 × 15 7/8 inches (54 × 40.3 cm)

Classification Posters

Department Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Credit Collection of the Detroit Institute of Arts

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 1989.172

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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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1989-present, found in the collection of the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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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.

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Credit Line for Reproduction

Joseph Christian Leyendecker, The Century, 1896, commercial lithograph printed in color ink. Detroit Institute of Arts, Collection of the Detroit Institute of Arts, 1989.172.