Harper’s, poster for the March issue
One of Penfield’s monthly posters: a simple figure, few colours and the magazine’s name in large letters.
Penfield’s posters for Harper’s were so sought after that people bought them to collect. They started an American poster wave in the 1890s. Copies are in the Library of Congress and the Metropolitan Museum.
Materials: Colour lithograph on paper
Manufacture: Printed in two or three colours in large numbers and sent to bookshops and newsstands.
The flat areas of colour and the thick outline round the figure.
The magazine’s name as part of the composition.