Object number2023.12.1
The Century Midsummer Holiday Number. August.
Portfolio/Seriesfor the magazine cover of The Century
Date1897
Artist
Maxfield Parrish
(American, 1870-1966)
CultureAmerican
MediumColor lithograph
DimensionsImage: 18 1/2 x 12 in. (47 x 30.5 cm)
Sheet: 20 x 13 1/2 in. (50.8 x 34.3 cm)
Matted: 26 x 19 3/4 in. (66 x 50.2 cm)
Sheet: 20 x 13 1/2 in. (50.8 x 34.3 cm)
Matted: 26 x 19 3/4 in. (66 x 50.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Jo Citron, class of 1971
On View
Not on viewPeriod19th c
Classification(s)
SignedOn recto, within cover, printed lower right corner in black: Maxfield Parrish
InscribedOn recto, within cover, printed lower center: Midsummer / Holiday Number. / August. [signature]; outside of cover, lower center: SECOND PRIZE, CENTURY POSTER CONTEST. / [COPYRIGHT, 1897, BY THE CENTURY CO.] / ELIHU VEDDER, / F. HOPKINSON SMITH, / HENRY J. HARDENBERGH. } JUDGES.; lower left: THE THOMAS & WYLE LITHOGRAPHIC CO.
DescriptionPoster advertising the August 1897 issue of The Century magazine. It depicts a nude female figure seated on grass and gazing upwards at the text "THE CENTURY." She sits against a background of green and blue trees. Below the image is the magazine issue information.
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