Collectif, "American Art Posters of the 1890s"
1987 | ISBN: 08709995014 | English | PDF | 199 pages | 35.6 MB
1987 | ISBN: 08709995014 | English | PDF | 199 pages | 35.6 MB
In 1893 a poster advertising the April issue of Harper's Monthly Magazine appeared in newsstands and bookshops throughout the United States. The subject matter was unlike that of French posters of the period; this poster was modest and the style restrained. It was unlike other American posters because the product advertised was not so much commercial as it was intellectual. Despite this quiet beginning, the Harper's poster started a revolution in the history of American poster-making. …