COLUMBIA BICYCLES POPE MANUFACTURING CO. HARTFORD, CONN. 1896
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- SIGNED Soft cover
- New York: Press of Bartlett and Company, 1896
8vo. 50 pp. Paper covers with full page design in the style of Arts & Crafts to front cover and smaller centered Arts & Crafts style design to back. A bit of darkening to one corner of front cover.
2 advertising catalogues in one; front about Columbia bicycles and back about Hartford bicycles together with their prices. The Arts & Crafts influence on Will Bradley is apparent in the designs for this catalogue. In addition to heavy black ink against white backgrounds, the title page and page facing it are an integrated whole, and red ink is used as an accent. Borders are filled with floral designs much employed in the Arts & Crafts manner. The catalogue contains many photographs of Bradley drawings. Will Bradley was one of America's greatest graphic artists, though mostly associated with Art Nouveau, oftentimes exhibiting Aubrey Beardsley tendencies. Bradley, however, evolved as an artist to reflect changing societal fashion. Although the first major Arts & Crafts exhibition in America was held in April 1897 at Boston's Copley Hall, Bradley was interested in it long before. He was a founding member of the Boston Society of Arts and Crafts. In 1896, Bradley wrote and published a eulogy for William Morris. An extremely rare catalogue featuring both Arts & Crafts and Will Bradley, America's greatest graphic artist.
2 advertising catalogues in one; front about Columbia bicycles and back about Hartford bicycles together with their prices. The Arts & Crafts influence on Will Bradley is apparent in the designs for this catalogue. In addition to heavy black ink against white backgrounds, the title page and page facing it are an integrated whole, and red ink is used as an accent. Borders are filled with floral designs much employed in the Arts & Crafts manner. The catalogue contains many photographs of Bradley drawings. Will Bradley was one of America's greatest graphic artists, though mostly associated with Art Nouveau, oftentimes exhibiting Aubrey Beardsley tendencies. Bradley, however, evolved as an artist to reflect changing societal fashion. Although the first major Arts & Crafts exhibition in America was held in April 1897 at Boston's Copley Hall, Bradley was interested in it long before. He was a founding member of the Boston Society of Arts and Crafts. In 1896, Bradley wrote and published a eulogy for William Morris. An extremely rare catalogue featuring both Arts & Crafts and Will Bradley, America's greatest graphic artist.