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Poster, Tuesdays by Design

This is a Poster. It was from the office of Watt, Roop & Co.. It is dated 1993 and we acquired it in 1995. Its medium is offset lithograph on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

In this poster, a series of dates is rendered in a manner that recalls studies in books by both Chevreul and Persoz exploring how colors “read” against different colored backgrounds. The green seems to pop forward against the red background, its true complement, while it recedes on the purple ground.

It is credited Gift of Gregory Oznowich.

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Its dimensions are

55.4 x 52.9 cm (21 13/16 x 20 13/16 in.)

Cite this object as

Poster, Tuesdays by Design; Office of Watt, Roop & Co.; USA; offset lithograph on paper; 55.4 x 52.9 cm (21 13/16 x 20 13/16 in.); Gift of Gregory Oznowich; 1995-119-2

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Saturated: The Allure and Science of Color.

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