Poster Stamps
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1973
"Poster Stamps" is an artwork by American artist Robert Fried, dated 1973. It is executed as a color offset lithograph with perforations on ivory wove paper, originating from the United States.
The sheet features three distinct vertical rectangular blocks of perforated stamp-like motifs arranged across the composition. Each column contains repeating grids of imagery, including figures and stylized designs rendered in yellow, blue, and gold-brown tones. A postmark-style circular and wavy-line cancellation mark appears near the lower right margin. The image measures 41.5 × 62.7 cm (16 3/8 × 24 11/16 in.), while the full sheet measures 55.5 × 71.2 cm (21 7/8 × 28 1/16 in.). The print forms part of a museum collection through a gift.
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- Color offset lithograph, with perforations, on ivory wove paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 41.5 × 62.7 cm (16 3/8 × 24 11/16 in.); Sheet: 55.5 × 71.2 cm (21 7/8 × 28 1/16 in.)
Technical characteristics
- Maker recorded
- Robert Fried, American, born 1937
- Place recorded
- United States
Identification
- Source note
- Transcribed from the Art Institute of Chicago collection record for this single object; how far it represents a wider collectible type has not been independently verified.
- Museum object name
- Poster Stamps
- Museum object number
- 1994.758
Catalogue references
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