ORSON BYRON LOWELL (1871-1956)

"Spring Fashions for Men." Illustration for LIFE magazine, published April 2, 1914, with their stamp on verso. Pen, ink, and gouache over graphite on paperboard. 350x250 mm; 13½x9¾ inches, on 16½x10½-inch sheet. Unsigned, but captioned in graphite in lower margin. Cornered to board with window matte. Captions below figures read: "Some of the most striking of the new evening coats are trimmed with white-fox;" "The new cutaway;" "The new frock-coats are cut so long as to necessitate their being held up when worn in wet weather" (final caption abbreviated in published illustration).The final caption is abbreviated in the published illustration, where an additional figure is also included at right.