Antique Print 'Ready for a Spin' Made after H. Fisher, 1908

1908 · Views & Engravings

Antique Print 'Ready for a Spin' Made after H. Fisher, 1908

Name: Antique Print 'Ready for a Spin' Made after H. Fisher, 1908
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-11979-1
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-11979-1

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

"Ready for a Spin," a color print after the American illustrator Harrison Fisher, 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.

The image shows a young woman in profile, wearing a wide dark hat tied down with a long white veil as a motorist might, pulling on a long tan glove while the other glove lies below her. The figure is drawn with free pencil and wash lines, with the color confined to the gloves, the veil and the soft shading of the blouse, and the edges of the drawing fade into the plain cream paper.

Fisher (1875 to 1934) was one of the best-known magazine illustrators of his day, and his idealized American young women, the "Fisher Girl," were a fixture of popular magazine covers and print portfolios in the early twentieth century. The motoring theme reflects the early years of the automobile in America.

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