Antique Print 'American Beauties' Made after A. Sterner '1908'

1908 · Views & Engravings

Antique Print 'American Beauties' Made after A. Sterner '1908'

Name: Antique Print 'American Beauties' Made after A. Sterner '1908'
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-11979-3
Price: 90 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1908
Kind: Views & Engravings
Size: 40 × 27 cm (15.7 × 10.6 in)
Condition: Good. General age-related toning and some light creasing. Please study images carefully.
Period: The Twentieth Century
Reference: BG-11979-3

What the condition grades mean

Excellent: Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
Very good: Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
Good: Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
Fair: Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.

Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.

Guaranteed original. This is an original of the period stated, not a later reproduction or print-on-demand copy. If it is ever shown to be otherwise, we refund you in full.

Shipping to the United States. Sent from our gallery in Langweer, the Netherlands, flat between boards or rolled in a tube, and fully insured. Delivery and import charges.

About this piece

"American Beauties," a color print after the American illustrator Albert Sterner, from the portfolio Thirty Favorite Paintings by Leading American Artists, published by P. F. Collier & Sons in 1908. The title and the artist's name are lettered by hand at the foot of the sheet, and the artist's signature also appears in the image.

The image shows a young woman seated in a high-backed chair, in a dark ruffled evening gown trimmed at the sleeves and neckline, with a tall black feathered hat and one hand raised to her cheek. A bunch of orange roses lies on a balustrade at the left, and a pale curtain suggests the interior behind. The drawing is built up in free pencil and wash strokes in brown and gray, with orange accents on the flowers, and the edges fade into the plain cream paper.

Sterner was an illustrator and portraitist who worked in New York, and this plate belongs to a series of society portraits that reproduced the work of the leading American illustrators for a popular audience in the early twentieth century.

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