AMERICAN CRESCENT CYCLES Lithographic poster printed by: Imp. Chaix, Paris Artist: Frederick Winthrop Ramsdell (1865 - 1915) [Bears signature in image] Dated: 1899 This poster is framed. Ex collection Elton John. Sold at Sotheby’s New York, 1988. Note: Frederick Winthrop Ramsdell (1865–1915) was an American artist, best known for his iconic poster advertising American Crescent Cycles. Ramsdell was born in Manistee, Michigan and studied at the Art Students League of New York under James Carroll Beckwith and later in Paris under R. Collin. His work was shown at the Paris Salon between 1891 and 1898. This was at that time the sweet spot for the French advertising posters and especially the work of Eugene Grasset, whose style Ramsdell appropriates in spectacular style. He spent some years in France and Italy before returning to the States.