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TITLE: The Golden Age of the American Poster 1890-1900

A Concise Edition of "The American Poster Renaissance" Including all 48 Color Plates. The Great Age of Poster Design 1890-1900

by Victor Margolin

DESCRIPTION

A compilation of 48 full-page full-colour advertising posters created 1890-1900, very suitable for framing, with an introduction by the author providing historical context and a discussion of the artists.

Ballantine Books, 1976, Softcover, First Ballantine Books Edition

• Price: $55.00 ($CAD)
• Stock ID: MAR276bv

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BIBLIOGRAPHIC DETAILS

• Title: The Golden Age of the American Poster 1890-1900
• Credits:

  Victor Margolin (author) with an index of illustrations by artists including Will Bradley, Louis Rhead, Maxfield Parrish, Edward Penfield and many more

• Language: English
• Publisher: Ballantine Books, NY; manufactured in USA; copyright 1975, 1976 by Victor Margolin
• Publication Date: 1976
• Edition: First Ballantine Books Edition
• ISBN: 0345251296
• Format: Softcover, Vertical, Medium, Slim
• Binding: Paper, full-colour illustrations on front & back covers
• Condition:

  Very Good – minor shelfware on the edges, light handling marks on covers, and 3 small 1/8" light stains freckled on edge of first inside page . Pages are all crisp, clear and fresh.

• Dustjacket: no dustjacket
• Illustrations: 48 full-colour, full page illustrations plus 16 B/W illustrations plus illustrated covers front and back
• Pages: 128pp
• Dimensions (HxWxD): 11.75 x 8.75 x .63 inches | 30 x 22.5 x .5 cm
• Weight: 1 lb, 2.9 oz | 483 grams

SYNOPSIS

Golden Age of Poster Design 1890-1900– 48 full color full page posters
Victor Margolin, introduction and discussion include an additional 13 B/W illustrations

Contents Include

p.5 Contents
p.6 Acknowledgements
p.9 Introduction
p.11 European Origins of American Poster Art
p.13 Posters of America
p.16 Style and the Major american Poster Artists
p.22 About the Artists
p.31 Epilog
p.33 Color Reproductions
p.128 Index to Full-Page Reproductions

Poster Artists include:

Will Bradley, Louis Rhead, John Twachtman, Will Carqueville, Arthur Dow, H. B. Eddy, Alice Glenny, Will Low, Blanche McManus, R. F. Outcault, Edward Penfield, J.J. Gould, Maxfield Parrish, Theo Hampe, Ethel Reed, John Sloan, Frank Hazenplug, John Sloan, Bertram Grosvenor-Goodhue, Florence Lundborg, Frank Nankivell, J.A. Schweinfurth, C. Allan Gilbert, J.C. Leyendecker, Ernest Haskell, John Sloan, Charles Cox

BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION

• Victor Margolin (American, 1941-2019)
• Researcher, educator, art historian, Professor Emeritus of Design History with University of Illinois, Chicago

This book is categorized as shown below. Click on the red links below to see more books and art in these categories.
by Artist: 1800s, 1900s, Edward Penfield, Margolin, Maxfield Parrish, Parrish, Poster Artist, Victor Margolin, Will Bradley
by Collection: Advertising, Americana, Book, Dreamscape, Fantasy, Fashion, Figures & Groups, First Edition, Historical, Softcover
by Book Attribute: English Text, First Edition, Illustrations, Softcover

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