DOI Heft:
No. 50 (May, 1897)
DOI Artikel:The work of Miss Ethel Reed
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.18388#0245
The Work of Miss Ethel Reed
B
Bliss Carman
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by ethel reed
incidents, but in one tableau of a single figure,
with only a subtle preparatory hint in the design of
the half-title. To translate this scheme into words
would be to do clumsily just what the artist has
decided to omit. Therefore, until the book
appears, this very vague suggestion of its style and
purport must needs suffice.
To catalogue the posters by this artist would be
of no interest except to collectors, and as most pro-
bably the majority are exceedingly scarce now, these
pages, which are not primarily devoted to " collec-
tors," can hardly spare room for the list. The one
for Miss Trauweiri has been reproduced in Eng-
land, and others, notably a most effective design of
poppy flowers, would fail to convey their real merit
without colour. At the present moment The Quest
of the Go/den Girl, in a poster in yellow and black
on brown paper, may be seen all over the London
hoardings.
Perhaps the illustrations for the delightful
volume of verses by Mrs. Louise Chandler
mood that will attract the largest number of people.
The pretty babies in quaint frocks, almost always
slipping off their shoulders and showing merely
a dainty bust which recalls some of the delicious
bambinos of Delia Robbia, capture you at once.
They are but trifles, but trifles done so easily and
with such apparent spontaneity that they charm at
first, and do not pall on acquaintance.
It is not important to " place " this young lady
relatively among artists. It is enough that she
does the task she has set herself most admirably,
that she has added a new flower to the harvest of
the last few years, and whether that flower be a
simple daisy, or a rare orchid, is of little conse-
quence. There are moments when each flower
becomes the perfect one, and there are moods
when Miss Reed's fantasies will give unalloyed
pleasure, and this surely deserves hearty grati-
tude and appreciation.
ARABELLA AND
ARAMINTA STO-
RIES BY GERTRV-
DE SMITH WITH
XV PICTVRES BY
ETHEL REEDSS 92
BOSTONSK&COPE
LAND AND DAYig
PRICE *2.00 NET
Moulton, shows Miss Ethel Reed's work in the poster by ethel reed
236
B
Bliss Carman
Ifam&onttlotf fe anZ> Co
Boston mt> fteutVbrk*
by ethel reed
incidents, but in one tableau of a single figure,
with only a subtle preparatory hint in the design of
the half-title. To translate this scheme into words
would be to do clumsily just what the artist has
decided to omit. Therefore, until the book
appears, this very vague suggestion of its style and
purport must needs suffice.
To catalogue the posters by this artist would be
of no interest except to collectors, and as most pro-
bably the majority are exceedingly scarce now, these
pages, which are not primarily devoted to " collec-
tors," can hardly spare room for the list. The one
for Miss Trauweiri has been reproduced in Eng-
land, and others, notably a most effective design of
poppy flowers, would fail to convey their real merit
without colour. At the present moment The Quest
of the Go/den Girl, in a poster in yellow and black
on brown paper, may be seen all over the London
hoardings.
Perhaps the illustrations for the delightful
volume of verses by Mrs. Louise Chandler
mood that will attract the largest number of people.
The pretty babies in quaint frocks, almost always
slipping off their shoulders and showing merely
a dainty bust which recalls some of the delicious
bambinos of Delia Robbia, capture you at once.
They are but trifles, but trifles done so easily and
with such apparent spontaneity that they charm at
first, and do not pall on acquaintance.
It is not important to " place " this young lady
relatively among artists. It is enough that she
does the task she has set herself most admirably,
that she has added a new flower to the harvest of
the last few years, and whether that flower be a
simple daisy, or a rare orchid, is of little conse-
quence. There are moments when each flower
becomes the perfect one, and there are moods
when Miss Reed's fantasies will give unalloyed
pleasure, and this surely deserves hearty grati-
tude and appreciation.
ARABELLA AND
ARAMINTA STO-
RIES BY GERTRV-
DE SMITH WITH
XV PICTVRES BY
ETHEL REEDSS 92
BOSTONSK&COPE
LAND AND DAYig
PRICE *2.00 NET
Moulton, shows Miss Ethel Reed's work in the poster by ethel reed
236