The Complete Harper’s Posters, 1893-1899
  1894  
A 10 HARPER’S | JANUARY

SUBSCRIPTIONS RECEIVED HERE  [Text on sign]

JAN | 1 | 1894  [Text on calendar]

[Poster for Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, Jan 1894]. Man paying for Harper’s at subscription counter. Four-color lithograph: yellow, red, blue and black. New York: Harper & Brothers, published Dec 1893. Signed lower right: EDWARD PENFIELD. 11 7/8" w. x 17 1/4" h.

Ref: Union, 78; Quincy, 145; MCMA, 226; Whitehead, pg 36; DFP, 328; Lauder, 146.

Harper's January 1894
A 11 HARPER’S | FEBRUARY

[Poster for Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, Feb 1894]. Seated woman on park bench, being fitted for ice skates. Five-color lithograph: grey, yellow, red, blue and dark brown. New York: Harper & Brothers, published Jan 1894. Signed bottom left: EDWARD PENFIELD. 11 1/4" w. x 16" h.

Ref: Union, 79; Quincy, 146; MCMA, 227; Whitehead, pg 36; DFP, 329; Lauder, 147.

Harper's February 1894
A 12 HARPER’S | FOR | MARCH

HARPER’S | NEW | MONTHLY | MAGAZINE | No. 526 | MARCH 1894 [Text on magazine cover]

[Poster for Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, Mar 1894]. Lion reading, with lamb watching. Three-color lithograph: orange, light brown and dark brown. New York: Harper & Brothers, published Feb 1894. Signed bottom right: EDWARD PENFIELD. 13 7/8" w. x 19 3/8" h.

Penfield here uses the visual pun about cold March weather, coming “in like a lion, and out like a lamb.”

Ref: Union; Quincy, 147; 80; MCMA, 228; Whitehead, pg 36; DFP, 330; Margolin, pg 30; Lauder, 148; PAI-34, 95.

Harper's March 1894
A 13 HARPER’S | APRIL

[Poster for Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, Apr 1894]. Woman with Harper’s standung in an April shower, opening umbrella. Four-color lithograph: vermilion, yellow, grey-brown and black. New York: Harper & Brothers, published Mar 1894. Signed lower right: EDWARD | PENFIELD enclosed in box. 12 5/8" w x 17 3/4" h.

A companion piece to Penfield's design for April, 1893 (A 2).

Ref: La Plume, pg 424; DFP, 331.

Harper's April 1894

A 14 HARPER’S | MAY

[Poster for Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, May 1894]. Woman with Harper’s observing birds’ nest. Three-color lithograph: blue, yellow and vermilion. New York: Harper & Brothers, published Apr 1894. Signed lower right: EDWARD | PENFIELD. 13 3/16" w. x 16 1/4" h.

Ref: La Plume, pg 443; Union, 83; Bolton, pg 11; Quincy, 148; MCMA, 230; Whitehead, pg 36; DFP, 332; Lauder, 149.

Harper's May 1894

A 15 HARPER’S | JUNE

[Poster for Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, Jun 1894]. Couple rowing in canoe. Three-color lithograph: blue, yellow and dark red. New York: Harper & Brothers, published May 1894. Signed lower left: EDWARD | PENFIELD. 13" w. x 16 7/8" h.

“The couple are rowing on the Harlem River; the High Bridge is in front of them,” noted David Kiehl in American art posters of the 1890s.

Ref: Union, 85; Bolton, pg 11; Quincy, 152; Hiatt, pg 287; MCMA, 231; Whitehead, pg 36; Echo, 328; DFP, 333; Lauder, 150.

Harper's June 1894

A 16 HARPER’S | JULY

HARPER’S | NEW | MONTHLY | MAGAZINE | JULY 1894  [Text on magazine cover]

[Poster for Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, Jul 1894]. Woman reading Harper’s, lighting July firecrackers. Three-color lithograph: light brown, blue and yellow. New York: Harper & Brothers, published Jun 1894. Signed lower left: EDWARD | PENFIELD. 12 5/8" w. x 18" h.

Ref: Bolton, pg 11; Quincy, 153; Hiatt, pg 288; MCMA, 232; Whitehead, pg 36; Echo, 329; Reims, 1254; La Forgue, pg 154; Sponsel, pg 207; DFP, 334; Margolin, pg 30; Lauder, 151.

Harper's July 1894

A 17 HARPER’S | AUGUST

[Poster for Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, Aug 1894]. Pale woman with Harper’s, renting a bathing suit at a beach booth. Four-color lithograph: yellow, blue, red and black. New York: Harper & Brothers, published Jul 1894. Signed bottom right: EDWARD | PENFIELD. 12 5/8" w. x 16 3/4" h.

Ref: Union, 88; Bolton, pg 11; MCMA, 233; Whitehead, pg 36; DFP, 335; Lauder, 152; PAI-14, 402; PAI-27, 555.

Harper's August 1894

A 17a Artist’s Proof.

[Proof-print for Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, Aug 1894]. Two-color lithographic proof: vermilion and black. New York: Harper & Brothers, published Jul 1894. Signed bottom right: EDWARD | PENFIELD.

Ref: Library of Congress.

A 17a
A 18 HARPER’S | SEPTEMBER

[Poster for Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, Sep 1894]. Woman on porch in a red rocker. Three-color lithograph: blue, yellow and red. First state. New York: Harper & Brothers, published Sep 1894. Signed lower left: EDWARD | PENFIELD. 10 5/8" w. x 16 7/16" h.

Ref: Union, 90; Bolton, pg 11; Quincy, 155; La Plume, pg 443; MCMA, 234; Whitehead, pg 36; Echo, 330; Reims, 1255; Lauder, 153; PAI-15, 460.

Harper's September 1894

A 18a HARPER’S | SEPTEMBER

[Poster for Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, Sep 1894]. Woman on porch in a red rocker. Three-color lithograph: blue, yellow and red. Second state. New York: Harper & Brothers, published Sep 1894. Signed lower left: EDWARD | PENFIELD. 10 5/8" w. x 16 7/16" h.

Variation a: rocking chair without cane weaving patterns on side edge of seat, or near woman’s neck.

Ref: DFP, 336; Lauder, pg 142.

A 19 HARPER’S | OCTOBER

[Poster for Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, Oct 1894]. Male biker with pipe. Three-color lithograph: blue, yellow and red. New York: Harper & Brothers, published Sep 1894. Signed bottom left: EDWARD | PENFIELD. 13 1/4" w. x 17 3/4" h.

Ref: Union, 93; Bolton, pg 11; La Plume, pg 429; MCMA, 235; Whitehead, pg 36; Echo, 331; DFP, 337; Hawkes, pg 7; Lauder, 154; PAI-9, 437; PAI-10 355.

Harper's October 1894

A 20 HARPER’S | NOVEMBER

[Poster for Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, Nov 1894]. Yale man and woman passing Harvard football poster. Three-color lithograph: blue, yellow and dark red. New York: Harper & Brothers, published Oct 1894. Signed lower left: EDWARD | PENFIELD. 12 11/16" w. x 18" h.

Ref: Union, 95; Bolton, pg 11; La Plume, pg 438; MCMA, 236; Whitehead, pg 36; Echo, 332; DFP, 338; Lauder, 155.

Harper's November 1894

A 21 HARPER’S | CHRISTMAS

[Poster for Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, Dec 1894]. Woman on sofa with cat. Three-color lithograph: blue, yellow and red. New York: Harper & Brothers, published Nov 1894. Signed lower left: EDWARD | PENFIELD. 12 1/2" w. x 18 1/4" h.

Ref: Union, 96; Bolton, pg 11; MCMA, 237; Whitehead, pg 36; Echo, 333;Reims, 1256; DFP, 339; Hawkes, pg 7; Johnson, 232; Lauder, 156; PAI-15, 461; PAI-20, 370; PAI-34, 96.

Harper's December 1894

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