Taking to the Road
Edward Penfield (1866-1925)
"Pierce Arrow"
Pen, ink and watercolor on paper, ca. 1907
LC-USZC4-4711, or LC-USZC4-1205
Prints & Photographs Division
Edward Penfield
(1866-1925)
Automobile Calendar for 1906
New York: Moffat,
Yard, & Company
Offset color lithograph
Prints & Photographs
Division
Gift of Mrs. Edward Penfield, 1933 (133.3)
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Providing Americans with unprecedented mobility to visit family
and friends or tour the countryside, automobiles wholly transformed
leisure. These vehicles quickly became symbols of modernity, especially
in the graphic arts.
Edward Penfield was an artist famous for the posters he designed
for magazines, including Harper's and Collier's,
and later as a successful commercial illustrator. Penfield, like
his contemporary, French artist Henri Toulouse-Lautrec, brought
the bold outlines and simple compositions found in Japanese art
to his graphic design.
These drawings are from the Cabinet of American Illustration,
a collection of 4,000 original works by the nation's best illustrators.
The last drawing is from the Library's extensive poster collection
housed in the Prints and Photographs Division.
Picnic Under the Fir
Ink and watercolor, ca. 1910
LC-USZC4-1198
Prints & Photographs Division
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