216 290
LOUIS J. RHEAD (1858-1926)
327
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THE JOURNAL. 1896.
47
1
/
2
x60 inches, 120
1
/
2
x152
1
/
2
cm. Liebler & Maass Lith., New York.
Condition B+: repaired tears, creases, abrasions and restoration along vertical and horizontal folds and in
margins and image. Two-sheets. Matted and framed.
Born in England, Rhead studied painting in Paris as a boy, then went to America as an art director for
D. Appleton, a New York publisher. In 1891, he returned to Europe, where he visited a show of works
by Eugène Grasset at the
Salon des Cent
. He met the artist and was inspired to become a poster
designer. Back in America, he was a prolific designer, completing about 100 posters during the second
half of the 1890s. Most of his designs were for newspapers, various publishers and periodicals (
The
Morning Sun
,
The Century
,
The Sun
,
The Journal
), but he also designed posters for perfume, soap and
cigarettes.
RARE
. Margolin p. 194.
[3,000/4,000]
LOUIS J. RHEAD (1858-1926)
328
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THE CENTURY / CHRISTMAS NUMBER. 1894.
19
1
/
2
x13
1
/
2
inches, 49
1
/
2
x34
1
/
4
cm.
Condition B+: minor losses, tears and creases in margins; time-staining in corners, affecting text; horizontal
fold. Paper.
Not in Kiehl, DFP-I 437, Keay p. 94.
[600/900]
327