The Yellow Book
Date1894
Artist
Aubrey Vincent Beardsley
(British draftsman, illustrator and writer, 1872–1898)
Illustration CitationAdvertisement for The Yellow Book, 1894
MediumCommercial lithograph
Dimensionssheet: 25 11/16 × 9 in. (65.2 × 22.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 1979
Object number1979-82
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPRINT
Label TextThe English artist Aubrey Beardsley designed this poster for the literary and artistic quarterly The Yellow Book for which he served as art editor from 1894 through 1895. An innovative and controversial periodical, The Yellow Book was a harbinger of continental art nouveau and symbolism.
