'Yes marry, sir, three bags full.' (1919)
Elmer Boyd Smith1919 · Portrait · Public domain
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Provenance and rights
- Rights
- Public domain (artist died 1943)
Specifications
- Year
- 1919
- Nationality / school
- American
- Lifespan
- 1860–1943
About the artwork
This page presents "'Yes marry, sir, three bags full.'" (1919), created by Elmer Boyd Smith. Historical background, 1919: Dada and Surrealism followed the First World War, the Bauhaus school was founded in 1919, and Art Deco became the fashionable decorative style of the 1920s and 1930s. The first decades of the twentieth century were a period of rapid experiment, with Fauvism, Expressionism, Cubism, Futurism, and the first abstract painting appearing within a few years of each other. Background on Illustration: The late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries are often described as a golden age of book and magazine illustration. Illustration serves a text or a story, a tradition that runs from decorated medieval manuscripts to printed book plates, magazines, and posters. It is listed in the Illustration collection. The image is in portrait orientation.
"'Yes marry, sir, three bags full.'" is shown in the onlly.art catalogue for reference and browsing. A portrait format suits narrow wall spaces, hallways, and the area beside a door or window. Browsing works by the same artist, or from the same period, is a good way to compare styles before choosing what suits your space.
About the artist
American, 1860–1943
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