Oct 14, 2004 - Sale 2016

Sale 2016 - Lot 21

Price Realized: $ 978
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,200 - $ 1,800
WILLIAM H. BRADLEY THE CHAP BOOK. August, 1895.
211/4x141/2 inches. Stone and Kimball, Chicago.
Condition B+: restored loss in bottom right corner; restoration in margins; minor repaired tears through margins into image.
"In this series he allowed free rein to his astonishing graphic compositions, playing with only three colors and, as a good disciple of William Morris, treating the lettering with exceptional care and talent" (Weill p. 76). In his work Bradley strove "to introduce good design and taste into everyday life." (Kiehl p. 15). Kiehl 20, DFP I 156, Koch p. 68, Virginia p. 54.