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The Century

Maxfield Parrish , Artist Century Company , Publisher
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About the Artwork

The Century

1897

Maxfield Parrish (Artist) American, 1870-1966 Century Company (Publisher) American

Commercial lithograph printed in color

Image: 18 1/2 × 11 7/8 inches (47 × 30.2 cm) Sheet: 19 7/8 × 13 3/8 inches (50.5 × 34 cm)

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Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Collection of the Detroit Institute of Arts

1989.190

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Signed, in plate, lower right: Maxfield Parrish.

Inscribed, in plate, upper center of image: THE CENTURY Inscribed, lower left center: Midsummer | Holiday Number. | August. Inscribed, lower left: THE THOMAS & WYLIE LITHOGRAPHIC CO. Inscribed, lower center: SECOND PRIZE, CENTURY POSTER CONTEST. | COPYRIGHT, 1897, BY THE CENTURY CO. ELIHU VEDDER, | F. HOPKINSON SMITH, | HENRY J. HARDENBERGH, | JUDGE S.

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1989-present, found in the collection of the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Malhotra, Ruth, Christina Thon, et al. Das Fruhe Plakat in Europa und den USA . Vol. 1, Grossbritannien und Vereinigte Staaten von Nordamerika. Berlin, 1973, no. 317.

Kiehl, David, et al., American Art Posters of the 1890s in the The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Including the Leonard A. Lauder Collection. New York, 1987, no. 134.

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Maxfield Parrish, The Century, 1897, commercial lithograph printed in color. Detroit Institute of Arts, Collection of the Detroit Institute of Arts, 1989.190.

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