Le Grand Siècle de l’Affiche · Les Maîtres de l’Affiche
Pl 115 - Edward Penfield
Edward Penfield · Les Maîtres de l'Affiche, vol. 3, 1895
What it is
Plate 115 from volume 3 of Les Maîtres de l'Affiche.
Why it matters
Penfield built the American poster idiom out of flat unmodelled colour areas and a heavy outline, deliberately closer to a woodblock than to painting.
What to notice
The American in the French canon: Penfield's flat-colour poster style, plate 115 of volume 3.
For one decade, the street was the gallery.
Provenance
- School
- Belle Époque — the Affiche (France)
- Designer
- Edward Penfield
- Printer / house
- Imprimerie Chaix, Paris
- Format
- One-sheet
- Poster published
- Les Maîtres de l'Affiche, vol. 3, 1895
- Source
- Bibliothèque nationale de France (Gallica) · Vol. 3, Plate 115
Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — U.S. 95-year rule (published 1930 or earlier). Gated by the poster’s own publication year. Cleared by registry on 2026-07-18.
Format
The full-resolution, color-managed file — restored honestly, yours to print and keep.
Sized to protect print quality — this scan supports sizes up to 24x36" cleanly.
Size
$29.00
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