Lot 8: The Chap-Book. 1896.

The Chap-Book. 1896.A striking, dreamlike image of a carrot-haired woman in medieval dress, followed by ghostly clowns. Among major American posterists, Hazenplug is something of an enigma; virtually nothing is known of him prior to 1894, when he entered the employ of Stone & Kimball, and nothing is known of his life and career after 1908. But in between, he produced a number of distinguished book and magazine illustrations, as well as a handful of posters. Price commented that "It would seem from his work that he had tried to combine such strength and cleverness as undoubtedly characterize Beardsley, with even a greater grace and originality than Will Bradley" (p. 165).
FRANK HAZENPLUG (1873-1908)

14 x 20 1/2 in./35.5 x 52 cm

1896.0

A.

PRINTER
Stone & Kimball, Chicago