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New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2013. hardcover, dust jacket. Reed, Ethel. 6 x 9 inches. hardcover, dust jacket. 160 pages. Ethel Reed (1874-1912) is one of the most elusive figures in the history of American graphic design. Born in Newburyport, Massachusetts, she moved in the 1890s to Boston, where, while still in her early twenties, she achieved international recognition for her posters - and for her personal glamour. "The beautiful poster lady" is how newspapers of the day described her, and they often went on to claim that she was the most famous woman artist in America. Ethel Reed was an extraordinarily vivid personality of the fin de siècle and a striking early example of a media celebrity. But in 1896, following a broken engagement, she sailed to Europe, contributed to the two final issues of the Yellow Book in London, and then, after the turn of the century, vanished in the fog (to use her own phrase). Now William S. Peterson, through meticulous archival research, has at last been…
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The Beautiful Poster Lady: A Life of Ethel Reed Hardcover - 2013
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- Title The Beautiful Poster Lady: A Life of Ethel Reed
- Author William S. Peterson
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First edition
- Pages 16
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Oak Knoll Press, New Castle, Delaware
- Date 2013
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9781584563174 / 1584563176
- Library of Congress subjects Graphic artists - United States, Women illustrators - United States
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2022656235
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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