Poster for The Yellow Book, Volume IV
Printed on yellow paper (this has been trimmed at top and bottom; the missing text would have read "For Sale Here" above, and "Copeland and Day, Boston" below). The sheet is decorated with two images by Aubrey Beardsley and a list of the contents of the Yellow Book, Vol. IV. The image at left represents a seated woman reading in a wing chair. That at lower right shows a shirtless boy dressed in oriental pants offering a flower from an overflowing basket to a lady on a terrace. Text in a panel at upper right: "The Yellow Book, Contents of Vol. IV, January 1895, Literature: I-XXII (list of titles and authors); Art: I-XVI (list of titles and artists, include three by Aubrey Beardsley: XIV: The Mysterious Rose Garden, XV: The Repentence of Mrs.****; XVI: Portrait of Miss Winifred Emery). The image of the woman being offered a flower was used on the cover of The Yellow Book, Vol. IV.
Artwork Details
- Title: Poster for The Yellow Book, Volume IV
- Artist: Aubrey Vincent Beardsley (British, Brighton, Sussex 1872–1898 Menton)
- Date: January 1895
- Medium: Lithograph and relief process
- Dimensions: Image: 14 13/16 × 10 7/8 in. (37.6 × 27.7 cm)
Sheet: 15 1/2 × 11 3/4 in. (39.4 × 29.8 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Gift of Martin Birnbaum, 1957
- Object Number: 57.562.2
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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