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William Wallace Denslow, American, 1856 - 1915 (Artist)

1898
American
Works On Paper
Prints
commercial lithograph on paper, mounted on linen
American Art
Place Made,United States
Mount (linen support): 17 × 12 15/16 in. (43.18 × 32.86 cm)
Sheet: 15 × 10 7/8 in. (38.1 × 27.62 cm)
Image: 13 × 8 7/8 in. (33.02 × 22.54 cm)
93.27
Not on view
Best known for his lively illustrations to Frank L. Baum’s The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900), the Philadelphia-born W. W. Denslow was active in various design movements in late-19th-century America. Trained in New York, he was particularly involved with the Arts and Crafts Roycroft community and produced numerous books, cartoons, and magazine covers designed in a style described as “both broadly humorous and boldly Art Nouveau.”
Signed in stone lower left: "Denslow / [seahorse logo]"
Gift of Robert and Gladys Koch
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

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