Thursday, July 29, 2021

Edward Penfield (Visions, before 1900)

Edward Penfield
Harper's (April)
ca. 1890
lithographic poster
Library of Congress

Edward Penfield
Harper's (January)
1893
lithographic poster
Library of Congress

Edward Penfield
Harper's (August)
1894
lithographic poster
Library of Congress

Edward Penfield
Harper's (October)
1894
lithographic poster
Library of Congress

Edward Penfield
Harper's (November)
1894
lithographic poster
Library of Congress

Edward Penfield
Harper's (June)
1895
lithographic poster
Library of Congress

Edward Penfield
Orient Cycles
ca. 1895
lithographic poster
Library of Congress

from What Beauty Does

Everyone is a thief out West. If you leave your bikes on the porch
They disappear. If you find water, someone else will divert it.
There are those who fight about the wind. Others the sun.
All angling for rights – mineral, water, air – that only come with political power. 

– Patricia Spears Jones (A Lucent Fire, 2015)

Edward Penfield
Harper's (May)
1896
lithographic poster
Library of Congress

Edward Penfield
Harper's (August)
1896
lithographic poster
Library of Congress

Edward Penfield
Harper's (February)
1897
lithographic poster
Library of Congress

Edward Penfield
Harper's (September)
1897
lithographic poster
Library of Congress

Edward Penfield
Harper's (February)
1898
lithographic poster
Library of Congress

Edward Penfield
Harper's (April)
1898
lithographic poster
Library of Congress

Edward Penfield
Harper's (July)
1898
lithographic poster
Library of Congress

Edward Penfield
Harper's (August)
1898
lithographic poster
Library of Congress