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Jessie Willcox Smith
May I Have the Pleasure, Good Housekeeping Cover

1926

$179,000
£135,329.57
€157,982.09
CA$254,708.23
A$258,355.81
CHF 147,528.29
MX$3,128,773.04
NOK 1,736,768.51
SEK 1,731,004.46
DKK 1,180,927.44

About the Item

Signed Lower Right by Artist Titled on the reverse: May I Have the Pleasure Good Housekeeping cover, November 1926 As Jessie Willcox Smith biographer S. Michael Schnessel has aptly observed, "Jessie Willcox Smith was the creator of the ideal child. She pictured a child that was without equal in reality--innocent, unblemished, never naughty, always perfect. Smith's touching, sensitive portraits of children at play won her the hearts of millions of Americans." Smith was the predominant cover artist for Good Housekeeping during the magazine's golden period. Her charming covers were a major factor in the magazine's astounding success. Sales exceeded one million copies in the mid-1920s, and Good Housekeeping became the most profitable magazine in the Hearst Corporation's empire. The magazine was three-times more profitable than Hearst's other eight magazines combined in this era.
  • Creator:
    Jessie Willcox Smith (1863 - 1935, American)
  • Creation Year:
    1926
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 22 in (55.88 cm)Width: 15.38 in (39.07 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
  • Gallery Location:
    Fort Washington, PA
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: 45691stDibs: LU384313156422

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