About the Artwork
The Century
1896
Edward Henry Potthast (Artist) American, 1857-1927 W. B. Orcutt Company (Printer) American Century Company (Publisher) American
Commercial lithograph printed in color ink
Image: 20 × 14 inches (50.8 × 35.6 cm) Sheet: 21 3/8 × 14 inches (54.3 × 35.6 cm)
Posters
Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Collection of the Detroit Institute of Arts
1989.163
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Markings
Signed, in plate, lower left of image: [artist's device]
Inscribed, in plate, upper edge of image: THE JULY NUMBER Inscribed, lower left edge of image, vertically: JULY Inscribed, lower center of image: THE CENTURY Inscribed, lower left: Designed by EDWARD POTTHAST. Inscribed, lower right: Printed from Aluminum by W. B. ORCUTT COMPANY, N.Y.
Provenance
1989-present, found in the collection of the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Malhotra, Ruth and Christina Thon, et al. Das Fruhe Plakat In Europa und den USA, Vol. 1. Berlin, 1973, no. 413.
Kiehl, David et al. American Art Posters of the 1890S. New York, 1987, no. 229.
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Edward Henry Potthast, The Century, 1896, commercial lithograph printed in color ink. Detroit Institute of Arts, Collection of the Detroit Institute of Arts, 1989.163.
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