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The WPA & the Golden Age · The American Golden Age
Success, Christmas Number 1900, Poster by J. C. Leyendecker
J. C. Leyendecker (1874-1951) · Success, Christmas number, 1900
Format
Archival pigment giclée on museum-grade matte art paper, color-managed to the source scan — the flat inks and stone grain intact. The 40×60 is the room-changer.
Size
$39.00
What it is
J. C. Leyendecker's colour poster for the Christmas 1900 number of Success magazine.
Why it matters
Leyendecker was active from 1895 and became one of the best-known illustrators in America.
What to notice
The year is in the title: the turn of the century, on a newsstand.
A new century, sold at Christmas.
Provenance
- School
- The American Golden Age — the Poster before 1931 (United States)
- Designer
- J. C. Leyendecker (1874-1951)
- Format
- Advertising poster
- Poster published
- Success, Christmas number, 1900
- Source
- Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division · LCCN 99401437
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 2026-11-01.
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