The century, August, midsummer holiday number
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Local Accession Number: 2012.AAP.155.Title: The century, August, midsummer holiday number.Creator/Contributor: Leyendecker, J. C. (Joseph Christian), 1874-1951 (artist).Created/Published: New York : Printed from aluminum by W. B. Orcutt Company.Date issued: 1896 (inferred).Physical description: 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 54 x 41 cm. .Summary: A woman holds flowers in her skirt..Genre: Book & magazine posters; Lithographs.Subjects: Women.Notes: ; Caption reads: First prize, Century poster contest..Date note: Date from item..Statement of responsibility: Designed by J. C. Leyendecker..Collection: American Art Posters 1890-1920.Location: Boston Public Library, Print Department.Rights: No known restrictions.
Posters spread rapidly in Europe and America. Poster exhibitions were staged in Britain and Italy (1894), Germany and Switzerland (1896) and in Russia (1897). National styles established themselves soon. The leading American poster designers were William Bradley and Edward Penfield, famous for his illustration and advertising placards for Harper's New Monthly Magazine. William H. Bradley - known as the "American Beardsley" - made his reputation from poster design. Famous for producing The Twins (1894), the first American Art Nouveau poster, Bradley's style blended features of the Arts and Crafts Movement, Japanese block printing and Art Nouveau.
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