Antique Print 'The Cotillion' Made after H.C. Christy '1908'

1908 · Views & Engravings

Antique Print 'The Cotillion' Made after H.C. Christy '1908'

Name: Antique Print 'The Cotillion' Made after H.C. Christy '1908'
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-11979-4
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-11979-4

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

"The Cotillion, a Belle of the Older Time," a color print after the American illustrator Howard Chandler Christy, 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 appears in the image.

The image shows a young woman standing in a full gray gown with short sleeves and a low neckline, wearing a large dark hat with a bow and a brown scarf drawn over her arms, with a folded fan at her breast and a long tasseled sash. The skirt is drawn in sweeping charcoal-like strokes, with the color confined to the brown scarf and the shading of the hat, and the figure fades into the plain cream paper at the edges.

Christy (1872 to 1952) was one of the leading American illustrators of the early twentieth century, and his idealized young women, the "Christy Girl," made him a household name. The title looks back to the social world of an earlier generation.

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