Index of American Design [poster 03, 2022-2023]

Creator

Roy R. Behrens, University of Northern IowaFollow

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Identifier

186

Creation Date

2022

Description

Alt Text: Poster with an image of a brown head and shoulders of a man. Text in black, gray, and yellow letters.

Transcription: A Poster Exhibition About the index of American Design. I wish the bald eagle had not been chosen as the representative of our country...The turkey is a much more respectable bird.-Benjamin Franklin.

Description: A poster based on a painting by unknown artist of a wood bust of Benjamin Franklin created as a part of the Index of American Design program of the United States government that ran from 1935 to 1942.

Sub-Collection

Index of American Design

Series Title

Index of American Design

Series Description

The twenty-eight posters in this series were designed in 2022-2023 by Roy R. Behrens, UNI Professor Emeritus and Distinguished Scholar. His intention was to celebrate the efforts of the original American craftspeople, the artists who made the interpretive images, and government sponsorship of the Index of American Design. Many more of the original images, as well as more information, can be found online at the National Gallery of Art.

Copyright

©2022 Roy R. Behrens

Type

Image

File Format

image/png

Recommended Citation

Behrens, Roy R., "Index of American Design [poster 03, 2022-2023]" (2022). Behrens Poster Archive. 186.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/behrens_posters/186