“The year's last, loveliest smile.” - John H. Bryant
From George Eliot’s seasonal celebrations to A.E. Housman’s melancholy surrender, On Autumn captures the romance of the season’s transient beauty. This illustrated collection features excerpts, aphorisms, and poetry from literary greats such as Robert Frost, William Blake, Edna Saint Vincent Millay, Verlaine and Emily Brontë, painting a bold vision of this enchanting season.
The petite chapbook is an invitation to pause and savor the fleeting beauty of Autumn, “the year’s last, loveliest smile.” Makes a great gift!
Obvious State is a creative studio and publisher founded by Nichole and Evan Robertson in 2011.
We make bold, illustrated editions and art drawn from the classics.
Our books and prints are available in our shop and in bookstores and boutiques nationwide.
Our work has been featured at The Folger Shakespeare Library, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The American Writers Museum, The Emily Dickinson Museum, The Library of Congress, The Getty Museum, The Museum of Contemporary Art and more.
Every piece is illustrated by Evan Robertson — a single artistic vision applied to some of the greatest works ever written.
Provocative visuals paired with punctuated language, full of surprising visual metaphors, subtext, and insider nudges.
Our pocket editions are portable art objects made to collect, share, and inspire moments of quiet reflection in an overstimulated digital world.
We’re drawn to language that has stood the test of time, insights that strike a chord, poetry that stretches the imagination, and philosophy that prompts critical thinking.
