Cloth binding for ‘The Yellow Book,’ 12

1897

Yellow cloth with heavy blocking

8¼ x 6½ inches

Reed’s design stresses the magazine’s modernity by representing a ‘New Woman’ sporting the latest hairstyle. Reed was an accomplished American graphic artist, specializing in posters, and her cover is a prime example of late-Victorian experimentation, mediating between the figurative and abstraction.

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