The Century August, Midsummer Holiday Number

The Century August, Midsummer Holiday Number
The Century August, Midsummer Holiday Number

The Century August, Midsummer Holiday Number

Date1898
Artist (American painter and illustrator, 1870–1966)
Printer/Printmaker (New York printing company, late 19th - early 20th century)
Illustration CitationAdvertising poster for The Century, August 1897. Les Maitres de l'Affiche, 1898, plate 123
MediumCommercial lithograph
Dimensionscomposition: 18 3/8 × 11 15/16 in. (46.7 × 30.3 cm)
sheet: 19 3/4 × 13 7/16 in. (50.2 × 34.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. J. Marshall Cole, 1973
Object number1973-54
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ClassificationsPRINT
Label TextThis design won second prize in The Century's 1896 Midsummer poster contest. The first prize went to J. C. Leyendecker because he held to the rules using only three colors in his poster. Parrish used a lavish five colors for this poster.
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