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Collection Record Detail
Object Name
Print - "French Artists"
Object Number
1973-19-4
Description
Print - filling in the center of the paper is a large orange from that looks like a whale's mouth open - on the right of the upper orange section is a blue trapezoid with only one right angle. Names of famous French painters are done in script with a black felt pen on the white and going under the lower portion of the orange figure and under the left edge of the upper portion - appear on top of the right edge of the upper orange portion and go under the blue form. Aluminum frame under plexi.
Comment
Ivan Chermayeff was a renowned designer and artist whose firm, Chermayeff & Geismar (& Haviv) produced logos for Pan American Airlines, PBS, Mobil, National Geographic, the Smithsonian, and many others. At the time of donation, Chermayeff lived on East Chestnut Hill Road. Chermayeff gave a talk on 20th Century Design at the Historical Society.
Category
Maker
Date Made
1970
Dimensions
32 1/4" x 24 1/4" with frame
Social Tags (experimental)
