False Image Decal Envelope
Maker
Philip Hanson
(American, b. 1943)
Maker
Roger Brown
(American, 1941-1997)
Maker
Christina Ramberg
(American, 1946-1995)
Maker
Eleanor Dube
(American, b. 1946)
Date1969
MediumEnvelope for color silkscreen decals (black, blue, red) on off-white paper with blue-green recto commercially manufactured, based on original drawings made for the purpose by Roger Brown, Eleanor Dube, Philip Hanson and Christina Ramberg; for which the stencils were cut by Roger Brown and then transferred to screens for printing by the Chicago Decal Company; four separate sheets (one by each artist) enclosed in a commercial white envelope with a window opening and printed text (black silkscreen) designed and executed by the artists
Dimensions9 3/4 × 6 1/2 in. (24.8 × 16.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Leon and Marian Despres
Copyright© The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and the Brown family.
Object number1994.67e
Status
Not on viewThis is one of a group of decals made for the second False Image group exhibition at the Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, November 21-December 20, 1969. They are based on original drawings made for the purpose by the four artists, for which stencils were cut by Roger Brown and then transferred to screens for screen printing by the Chicago Decal Company.
The four artists listed are part of a loosely-associated group working in Chicago and known as the Imagists. These artists and their raucous, vibrant work emerged to local and national attention through a series of exhibitions held at the Hyde Park Art Center from 1966 through 1971. The exhibitions were announced by artist-designed posters and often were accompanied by inventive art and ephemera such as the decals shown here.
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