Life, 1913-07-31 · page 35 of 36
Life — July 31, 1913 — page 35: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily an **advertisement for art prints**, not political satire. Life Publishing Company is selling reproductions of contemporary American artwork by artists like George W. Barratt and Coles Phillips. The six featured prints depict genteel, domestic scenes typical of early 1900s illustrated humor: women playing bridge, a couple's first breakfast together, a woman cultivating plants, and similar sentimental or mildly comedic moments from middle-class life. The satire, if any, is gentle—the images poke fun at romantic situations and domestic life rather than politics. Titles like "Their First Breakfast" and "Reveries of a Bachelor" suggest the magazine's target audience: affluent Americans seeking tasteful home decoration. This represents Life's business model: selling humor-focused artwork to readers who could afford $1-2 prints (substantial money in 1912).
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Copr. Life Pub. Co. Copr. Life Pub F ~~ Seam Life’s Prints | igi For Gifts or For the Home ‘CULTIVATING THE WAIST PLACES’ By Geo. W. Barratt — Clever and interesting Photo) 16 x 13% in. : : 56 cebte pictures, reproduced in real copper plate photo- gravure. Copr. Life Pub. Co. Copr. Life Pub. Co, Copr. Life Pub. Co. Coles Phillips Photogravure, 16 x 13! 0 cents PLAYING pRIDGE By Belfour Ker India Print, 22 x 18 in, $2.00 THEIR FIRST DREAKPAST By Geo. WW. Barratt Photogravure, 13% x 16 in, 50 cents Pub. Co. These prints repre- sent the work of some of our best present-day American artists in the fields of humor and sentiment. Any $2.00 picture may be had in a $1.00 Puotugravine,. 16° 1395798 photogravure. Size 15 ous x 20 inches. s apart, A gentle phs steals 3 A tender hand upon my heart.” Prints are shipped prepaid, to any address, upon receipt of price. LIFE PUBLISHING COMPANY, 17 West 31 Street, New York Va 62 he aoe NS GS: yer Lille P