LAFAYETTE MAYNARD DIXON (1875-1946) OVERLAND JULY. 1895. 19 3/4x14 3/4 inches, 50 1/4x37 1/2 cm. Condition B+ / A-: minor loss and ink smudges in upper text; creases in margins and image and along vertical and horizontal folds. Hinged to mat at upper edge. Paper. "America has produced a number of admirable craftsmen, notably Penfield, Bradley, and Rhead, and their posters compare favorably with any. Contrary to the usual claim of Americans, we cannot pretend, in the matter of posters, to possess 'the biggest on earth,' as foreign posters are much larger than ours. Among the San Francisco designers of posters may be counted Nappenbach, Swinnerton, and Noble, of the Examiner. L. Maynard Dixon and Pierre N. Boeringer of the Overland have made a national reputation by their designs for posters and covers. The Overland has in preparation posters that bid far to excel anything yet issued in that line, by Hopps, Boeringer, and Dixon. The characteristic scenes of Western life lend themselves readily to the broad and striking treatment that the poster requires" (Overland Monthly, vol XXVII, March 1896, p. 300).
