Object Details
Designer
Seymour Chwast, American, b. 1931
Client
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Vertical poster in pastel colors depicting a modified Statue of Liberty in 1920s garb. She wears a green and brown dress in flapper style, green bracelet and necklace, and her crown appears as a modified cloche hat decorated with a red rose. In her left hand she holds a red book, an artist's palette, and two paintbrushes. Body of water in the background. At left, the shoreline of New York City with skyscrapers, from which a steamboat sails. At right, the Eiffel Tower.
Credit Line
Gift of Various Donors
Date
1978
Accession Number
1981-29-51
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
graphic design
Object Name
Poster
Type
Poster
Medium
Offset lithograph on paper
Dimensions
71.4 x 56.2 cm (28 1/8 x 22 1/8 in.)
made in
USA
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Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Link to Original Record
Record ID
chndm_1981-29-51