Study for Cover of The Inland Printer

Date1897

Artist Joseph Christian Leyendecker (American painter and illustrator, 1874–1951)

Illustration CitationCover and Poster, The Inland Printer, August 1897

MediumInk, gouache, graphite, and chalk on paper

Dimensionssheet: 23 1/4 × 16 3/4 in. (59.1 × 42.5 cm)
mat: 28 × 22 in. (71.1 × 55.9 cm)

Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 1984

Object number1984-22

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ClassificationsDRAWING

Label TextIn 1894, The Inland Printer became the first magazine in America to change its cover every issue. All of their 1897 covers were created by J. C. Leyendecker, whose design suggests an Asian motif. From the stylized lettering above the central figure's head to the patterned medallions at the right and left of the title word Printer, this image marries Eastern references with Art Nouveau style. An 1898 article in Brush and Pencil: An Illustrated Magazine of the Arts Today noted the title for this cover was The Sun.