Behrens Poster Archive

 

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Identifier

201

Creation Date

2022

Description

Alt Text: Poster with an image of a standing red bird with outstretched wings standing on a globe. Text in blue, gray, and black letters.

Transcription: A Poster Exhibition About the index of American Design. Learning sleeps and snores in libraries, but wisdom is everywhere, wide wake, on tiptoes.-Josh Billings.

Description: A poster based on a painting by Chris Makrenos of a flag pole finial bird created as a part of the Index of American Design program of the United States government that ran from 1935 to 1942.

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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.

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Index of American Design--Posters;

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