Poster Study
Date1896
Artist
Frank Xavier Leyendecker
(American illustrator, 1878–1924)
Illustration CitationPoster for Century Magazine Midsummer Number, August 1897
MediumPastel on paper
Dimensionscomposition: 13 1/4 × 8 3/4 in. (33.7 × 22.2 cm)
sheet: 19 1/2 × 12 1/2 in. (49.5 × 31.8 cm)
sheet: 19 1/2 × 12 1/2 in. (49.5 × 31.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 1984; Accessioned, 2020
Object number2020-20
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextIn 1896, Century Magazine held a contest for the design of a poster for the Midsummer Number. Many young illustrators entered, including Frank X. Leyendecker, his brother J.C. Leyendecker (who won), and Maxfield Parrish. Joyce Schiller has suggested that this is a study for Frank X. Leyendecker's entry.
