The Latest in Easter Eggs. The Cubist Influence Reaches the Barnyard
Date1913
Artist
Louis Glackens
(American illustrator and cartoonist, 1866–1933)
Illustration CitationPuck, March 19, 1913
MediumCommercial lithograph with hand-coloring
Dimensionscomposition: 11 1/2 × 8 in. (29.2 × 20.3 cm)
sheet: 14 5/16 × 11 5/16 in. (36.4 × 28.7 cm)
sheet: 14 5/16 × 11 5/16 in. (36.4 × 28.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 1978
Object number1978-304
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPRINT
Label TextThis magazine cover alludes to the 1913 International Exhibition of Modern Art, known as the Armory Show, which introduced European modern artists--including Picasso, Brancusi, and Duchamp--to a broad American audience. Held in New York in February 1913, the exhibition attracted enormous attention from the popular press. Puck's cover, with its Cubist Easter eggs, was just one of many cartoons published in reference to the exhibition. The cartoonist, Louis M. Glackens, was probably not shocked by the innovative art at the Armory Show. His brother, the painter William Glackens, was involved in organizing the exhibition, as well as counseling Dr. Albert Barnes about his growing collection of modern European painting.This is a color study for the final cover. Having produced a lithograph based on Glackens' drawing, the publisher sent the cartoonist this double-sided print on illustration board. The artist then painted it in watercolor and returned the proof to the press room. A stamp on the back instructed Glackens to return it by 11 A. M. on March 6, 1913.
