On your wall
Archival print, framed and hung — a styled render, not the exact frame shipped.
Portraits, the Grand Match, and the Clubhouse Wall · The American Game
Collier’s — “Fore!”
Edward Penfield, 1908 · magazine cover
What it is
Edward Penfield’s cover for *Collier’s*, captioned with the only word golf has contributed to the language.
Why it matters
Penfield invented the American poster style, and the house already hangs his 1899 calendar — this is the mature version of the same hand.
What to notice
The palette is four colours and none of them are subtle. That is the whole craft.
One shouted syllable, understood on every continent.
Provenance
- Maker
- Edward Penfield, 1908
- Era
- The Haskell — the Rubber Core (1898–1930)
- Chapter
- The Golden Age
- Medium
- magazine cover
- Made
- 1908
- Source
- Boston Public Library via DPLA (public domain)
Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — U.S. 95-year rule (published 1930 or earlier). Gated by the work’s own year of publication. Cleared by registry on 2026-07-18.
Format
The full-resolution, color-managed file — restored honestly, yours to print and keep.
Sized to protect print quality — this scan supports sizes up to 11x17" cleanly.
Size
$29.00
