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The WPA & the Golden Age · The American Golden Age
The Quartier Latin, a Magazine Devoted to the Arts, Poster by Louis Rhead
Louis Rhead (1857-1926) · The Quartier Latin, 1897
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
Louis Rhead's colour lithograph for The Quartier Latin, 'a magazine devoted to the arts'. The record dates it to the 1890s; the sheet is 60.1 by 41.5 cm.
Why it matters
Rhead was one of the best-known poster artists of the 1890s craze; this sheet sells a magazine named after the Paris art students' quarter.
What to notice
The largest Rhead sheet here, made for a reader who already loved posters.
An American magazine dreaming of Paris.
Provenance
- School
- The American Golden Age — the Poster before 1931 (United States)
- Designer
- Louis Rhead (1857-1926)
- Format
- Advertising poster
- Poster published
- The Quartier Latin, 1897
- Source
- Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division · LCCN 2005693043
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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