{"product_id":"ride-a-stearns-and-be-content-edward-penfield-classic-poster","title":"\"Ride a Stearns and Be Content\" by Edward Penfield (c.1896) - Classic Vintage Bicycle Poster","description":"\u003cp\u003eOne of the finest and most celebrated examples of \u003cstrong\u003elate 19th century American bicycle advertising poster art\u003c\/strong\u003e, reproduced to capture the elegant graphic mastery of this \u003cstrong\u003eEdward Penfield Stearns bicycle poster\u003c\/strong\u003e. This \u003cstrong\u003eglossy printed vintage advertising poster\u003c\/strong\u003e — illustrated by the great \u003cstrong\u003eEdward Penfield\u003c\/strong\u003e and printed by \u003cstrong\u003eJ. Ottmann Litho Co., New York\u003c\/strong\u003e — is a masterpiece of the American poster movement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaper:\u003c\/strong\u003e 200 GSM+\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFinish:\u003c\/strong\u003e Gloss\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSizes:\u003c\/strong\u003e A5, A4, A3, A2, A1, A0, 20×30\", 24×36\", 30×40\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eShipping:\u003c\/strong\u003e Free — rolled in protective cardboard tube\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eProduced around \u003cstrong\u003e1896\u003c\/strong\u003e by \u003cstrong\u003eEdward Penfield\u003c\/strong\u003e (1866–1925) — the preeminent American poster artist of the 1890s, art director of \u003cstrong\u003eHarper's Magazine\u003c\/strong\u003e, and the single most important figure in the development of the \u003cstrong\u003eAmerican poster movement\u003c\/strong\u003e — this iconic poster for the \u003cstrong\u003eE.C. Stearns \u0026amp; Co. bicycle company\u003c\/strong\u003e of Syracuse, New York depicted a self-possessed New Woman of the 1890s cycling with serene confidence in her elegant patterned skirt and boater hat. The bold flat-colour design, economical outlines, and confident grey ground are quintessential Penfield — a style he developed from studying the Japanese woodblock prints and the French poster artists Toulouse-Lautrec and Bonnard. The \u003cstrong\u003ebicycle boom of the 1890s\u003c\/strong\u003e was one of the great popular crazes of the Gilded Age, and cycling was powerfully associated with women's liberation and the New Woman movement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eToday, \u003cstrong\u003eEdward Penfield bicycle posters\u003c\/strong\u003e are among the most prized items of \u003cstrong\u003eAmerican graphic design history\u003c\/strong\u003e. This reproduction is essential for lovers of \u003cstrong\u003e1890s American poster art\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eGilded Age cycling history\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eEdward Penfield's graphic work\u003c\/strong\u003e, or the broader history of the \u003cstrong\u003eNew Woman movement\u003c\/strong\u003e. It is one of the most beautiful posters ever designed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrinted with a \u003cstrong\u003eglossy finish\u003c\/strong\u003e on durable \u003cstrong\u003e200 GSM paper\u003c\/strong\u003e, this reproduction captures the refined graphic mastery of authentic \u003cstrong\u003e1890s American poster movement bicycle advertising art by Edward Penfield\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSources for historical context:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLibrary of Congress – Edward Penfield poster collection and American 1890s poster movement archive\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSmithsonian Institution – American Gilded Age bicycle advertising and New Woman graphic design history\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMetropolitan Museum of Art – American Art Nouveau poster and Edward Penfield graphic art collection\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDisclaimer:\u003c\/strong\u003e While we do our best to upscale each poster to suit the different sizes, some may have small imperfections such as creases or blurred small script. This is normal from old posters that have been scanned or remade over time. 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