Louis John Rhead, The Century Magazine: Midsummer
Auction Date: March 19, 2022
Estimate: Estimate: 300 - 500
Sold for: $780
Lot: 191
(American, 1857-1926),
The Century Magazine: Midsummer Holiday Number, 1894,
lithograph in colors with linen backing,
sheet (unframed): 14 x 19 inches.
signed lower right corner: LOUIS/ RHEAD,.
Provenance: Union Square Graphics Company, San Francisco CA. Kept by owners after closing store.
Exhibtion History: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Drawings and Prints: Selections from the Permanent Collection, July 29, 1996October 21, 1996.
Catalogue Raisonne: Kiehl 169.249
References: David W. Kiehl, Phillip Dennis Cate, Nancy Finlay American Art Posters of the 1890s in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, including the Leonard A. Lauder Collection. Ex. cat. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York, 1987, cat. no. 249, p. 169, ill.