Poster Calendar 1897: April, May, June
1897 · Colour lithograph (calendar) · Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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About this work
- Artist
- Edward Penfield (1866–1925)
- Year
- 1897
- Medium
- Colour lithograph (calendar)
- Collection
- Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (Prints and Photographs Division)
- Movement
- Belle Époque
A fair-haired girl in a plum-coloured coat holds a tortoiseshell cat beside a tall green chair, above a calendar grid for April, May and June. Edward Penfield, the American poster artist best known for his Harper's covers, designed the four quarterly pages of this Poster Calendar for 1897. The flat colour and firm outline show what he took from Japanese prints. The impression reproduced is in the Library of Congress.
This exhibition-poster edition shows the whole work beneath original typography set in-house. The original is in the public domain.
Where it works
Plum, teal and soft green, for a kitchen, hallway or home office at 16×24 or 24×36 in thin black or dark wood, no mat. It sits easily on a white or cream wall and pairs with Penfield's Outing.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Exhibition poster of a Belle Époque painting
- Era
- 19th century (1897)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Palette
- cream & beige
- Mood
- decorative, sophisticated
- Rooms
- kitchen, hallway or entryway, home office, living room, dining room
- Good gift for
- housewarming, art lovers
Size. We'd hang this one at 16×24. Prints at 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in — 12×18 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 16×24 above a desk, console or in a hallway; 24×36 as the statement piece above a sofa or bed.
Framing. Exhibition posters sit best in a slim black frame with no mat — the typeset margin is the mat.
Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).
Details & materials
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About this design
The Madten promise
A fine-art print
The same artwork as a clean fine-art print — the image shown large with a minimal caption.




























