Puck's Suggestion for the World's Fair, The Colossus of Chicago Would Knock Out the Eiffel Tower, from "Puck Magazine"

Puck's Suggestion for the World's Fair, The Colossus of Chicago Would Knock Out the Eiffel Tower, from "Puck Magazine"

Louis Dalrymple

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This imaginary colossos is proposed by the artist as an installation for the 1893 Chicago World's Fair. Puck Magazine was America's first successful humor magazine containing colorful cartoon caricatures and political satire, published 1871-1918. It was also the first to successfully adopt full color lithography printing for a weekly publication.

Drawings and Prints

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Puck's Suggestion for the World's Fair, The Colossus of Chicago Would Knock Out the Eiffel Tower, from "Puck Magazine"Puck's Suggestion for the World's Fair, The Colossus of Chicago Would Knock Out the Eiffel Tower, from "Puck Magazine"Puck's Suggestion for the World's Fair, The Colossus of Chicago Would Knock Out the Eiffel Tower, from "Puck Magazine"Puck's Suggestion for the World's Fair, The Colossus of Chicago Would Knock Out the Eiffel Tower, from "Puck Magazine"Puck's Suggestion for the World's Fair, The Colossus of Chicago Would Knock Out the Eiffel Tower, from "Puck Magazine"

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