Art for all : British posters for transport / edited by Teri J. Edelstein ; with essays by Teri J. Edelstein [and others].

Title & Author:

Art for all : British posters for transport / edited by Teri J. Edelstein ; with essays by Teri J. Edelstein [and others].

Publication:

Description:

xiii, 178 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 32 cm

Notes:
Issued in connection with an exhibition held May 27-Aug. 15, 2010, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
British posters for transport : an introduction ; The art of posters : strategies and debates / Teri J. Edelstein -- Production : from chromolithography to photolithography / Michael Twyman -- Railway poster display : how the underground set the pace / Oliver Green -- Civic identity, promotion, and mass transit : a tale of three cities / Neil Harris -- Graphic opportunities : women artists and the underground / Teri J. Edelstein -- Edward McKnight Kauffer : the underground poster king / Peyton Skipwith -- Checklist of the British Poster Collection of the Yale Center for British Art / Jo Briggs and Andrea Wolk Rager.

Summary:

"In 1908 London Underground began a comprehensive publicity programme that became one of the most successful, adventurous, and best-sustained promotional operations ever attempted. This title features more than one hundred works executed for the Underground and the railways"--Publisher's description.

ISBN:

9780300152975 (alk. paper)
0300152973 (alk. paper)

Subject:

Transportation Posters Exhibitions.
Posters, British 20th century Exhibitions.
Art and society Great Britain History 20th century Exhibitions.
Affiches britanniques 20e siècle Expositions.
Art et société Grande-Bretagne Histoire 20e siècle Expositions.
Transport Affiches Expositions.
Transportation PostersExhibitions.
Posters, British Exhibitions. 20th century.
Art and society Great Britain History Exhibitions. 20th century.
Art and society
Posters, British
Transportation
Art and Design.
Great Britain

Form/genre:

Exhibition catalogues.
Exhibition catalogs.
exhibition catalogs.
History
Catalogues d'exposition.

Added entries:

Edelstein, T. J.
Yale Center for British Art.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 267484
Call No.: BIB 199479
Status: Available

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