Aug 03, 2016 - Sale 2421

Sale 2421 - Lot 63

Unsold
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
WILLIAM JAMES GLACKENS (1870-1938) SCRIBNER'S AUGUST / FICTION NUMBER. 1899.
22x14 1/4 inches, 56x36 1/4 cm. Grignard Litho. Co., New York.
Condition B: sharp creases and abrasions in image and along horizontal fold; tears and losses at edges. Paper.
"Well-known as a painter, Glackens began his career as an artist-reporter to picture magazines and illustrated newspapers at the turn of the century" (LOC). He designed at least one other poster, for Lippincott's in 1894. Glackens illustrated one story in this issue, The Play's the Thing.