One of the most collectible Gibson Girl original images from 1902. Charles Dana Gibson's lovely black and white drawings represented a new fashion and beauty symbol for women in the 1890s and early 1900s. They established a lasting style (The Gibson Girl) and were topical and even humorous. Gibson was able to invoke a confident, yet evocative look to the expressions on his subjects’ faces, thus giving women a modern appearance that still resonates. Fortunately, his art was presented exactly as he drew it in a series of large format books around the turn of the 20th century. Unfortunately, not many of the original plates from those books survive. This example is one of the authentic plates from those books. It is printed in sharp, black and white line on good paper. Later halftone editions don’t capture the crispness and subtle character of his art. In these original plates the blacks are dense black, the finer lines are true to Gibson’s original drawings. This example was meant to be a design for wall paper, specifically for a “bachelor’s apartment.” It would have been somewhat suggestive for the era, similar to what Playboy foldouts were in the 1970s. It is one of the best Charles Dana Gibson original images attainable. Flawless impression. 10 x 16.

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