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The Blue Lady, poster for The Chap-Book

Will H. Bradley1894

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

Poster for The Chap-Book, August 1894. A woman dressed in blue at the center of the image stands in a wood, holding a pair of skates. The words The Chap / Book, printed in red cover the lower left portion of the poster.Two-color lithograph: red and blue.

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  • Title: The Blue Lady, poster for The Chap-Book
  • Creator: William Henry Bradley
  • Creator Lifespan: 1868/1962
  • Date Created: 1894
  • Type: Poster
  • Rights: Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. Gilbert W. Chapman and Ely Jacques Kahn
  • Medium: Lithograph on thin, cream wove paper
  • Viewing Notes: This is Bradley's second poster for The Chap-Book, frequently called "The Blue Lady". Bradley executed a number of designs as promotional pieces for The Chap-Book, his Chicago based publication that is considered the American public's introduction to the sinuous curves of the Art Nouveau style.
  • Signed: in stone lower right: BRADLEY
  • Provenance: Thomas G. Boss Fine Books, Boston, MA
  • Paper Support: Wove paper
  • Dimensions: 50.8 x 35.6 cm (20 x 14 in.)
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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