Cover for ‘Masterpieces of the Great Artists’

Gleeson White

1895

Pen, pencil on paper

10 x 8 inches

One of Gleeson White’s many preparatory drawings for his covers, this design exemplifies his manipulation of Art Nouveau imagery. The attenuated, elongated forms presented here are strongly reminiscent of the Glasgow Style.

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Photograph and text by Simon Cooke; reproduced from the archive in the Houghton Library, Harvard University.

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