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Poltroon Press
Reading the Typographic Landscape1980

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Vertical screenprint poster with overlapping collaged elements in halftone-screened colors; torn pale blue shape at center bears event text in purple type
Printed poster with collaged geometric shapes in green, red, magenta, and cream suggesting abstracted rooftops and architectural forms, overlaid with a torn light blue paper shape bearing purple display type.

Poltroon Press, Alastair Johnston, University of California, Davis, Reading the Typographic Landscape, 1980, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Marc Treib Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Publisher
Poltroon Press
Artist or Maker
Alastair Johnston
Made for
University of California, Davis
United States, California, Davis
Title
Reading the Typographic Landscape
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1980
Medium
letterpress, collage
Dimensions
Sheet: 17 3/4 × 12 13/16 in. (45.09 × 32.54 cm) Image: 17 3/4 × 12 13/16 in. (45.09 × 32.54 cm)
Credit Line
Marc Treib Collection
Accession Number
M.2014.126.336
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Decorative Arts and Design