1914 American Art by American Artists 100 Plates Parrish Remington Pyle Complete For Sale

DescriptionA complete 1914 portfolio from the Golden Age of American Illustration, bringing together one hundred works by twenty-seven of the artists who helped shape American visual culture in books, magazines, advertising, and popular publishing.The collection ranges widely across the period: the American West, sporting and wildlife scenes, literary and fantasy illustration, fashionable society, childhood, humor, and commercial art. The illustrated title leaf is particularly striking, incorporating portraits and short biographical notices for each of the twenty-seven participating artists.Among the works are Queen Guinevere, Beauty and the Beast, The Eternal Question, The Bull Moose, The Lost Quarry, The Tricky Bear, Caught in the Circle, and At the Water Hole.This copy has been fully collated and contains all 100 called-for plates, making it a substantial surviving collection of early twentieth-century American illustration rather than a group assembled from individual loose plates.Edition DetailsTitle: American Art by American Artists: One Hundred Masterpieces Representing the Best Work in Pen-and-Ink and in Color of Twenty-seven Celebrated American Artists
Publisher: P. F. Collier & Son
Place: New York
Date: 1914
Edition: First edition
Format: Post-bound portfolio in original dark blue cloth-covered boards with printed cover label
Plates: 100; 42 color and 58 black-and-whiteArtists represented: Louis Loeb, Wm. Thomas Smedley, Howard Chandler Christy, Howard Pyle, Frederic Remington, Jessie Willcox Smith, Charles Dana Gibson, Maxfield Parrish, Albert Edward Sterner, Arthur Ignatius Keller, Orson Lowell, F. X. Leyendecker, Arthur B. Frost, Henry Reuterdahl, Harrison Fisher, Willard Otis, Edward Penfield, Philip R. Goodwin, Thornton Oakley, Penrhyn Stanlaws, Charles A. MacLellan, Henry Hutt, Edward Windsor Kemble, J. Knowles Hare Jr., Walter Appleton Clark, Nicholas S. Zarokilli, and Philip BoileauDimensions: Approximately 13 3/4 × 11 3/4 inchesConditionThe complete set of 100 plates is generally very well preserved, with the images remaining clean and strong. There is expected age toning, particularly to some margins and backing leaves, and the illustrated title leaf shows toning and old creasing.The original cloth portfolio shows considerably heavier wear than the contents, including rubbing, scuffing, edge wear, and substantial fraying and cloth loss along the spine edge. One of the two original metal binding posts is missing; the remaining post is present. The original printed front cover label remains present.Please review photographs for condition. Photographs form part of the item description.