The Green Tree Library for Sale Here
Date1895
Artist
Henry McCarter
(American painter, illustrator, 1866–1942)
Illustration CitationAdvertising poster for The Green Tree Library, published by Stone and Kimball
MediumCommercial lithograph
Dimensionscomposition: 15 9/16 × 11 11/16 in. (39.5 × 29.7 cm)
sheet: 16 3/8 × 12 7/16 in. (41.6 × 31.6 cm)
sheet: 16 3/8 × 12 7/16 in. (41.6 × 31.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 1977
Object number1977-238
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPRINT
Label TextProduced by Stone and Kimball, a Chicago publishing firm founded by two Harvard graduates, The Green Tree Library featured the work of contemporary European authors, including “decadents” such as Maurice Maeterlinck and Henrik Ibsen. The importance of poster campaigns to such small presses encouraged an association between the poster style and controversial or scandalous literature. Some critics saw both as dangerous imports from Europe.
George Frederick Scotson-Clark
1895
