Original commercial art collection
Creation: circa 1920-1940Abstract
Commercial art, or advertising art, is art created for an enterprise to communicate reasons to buy goods and services, to create a recognizable logo, or to detail the correct performance of a task. The collection consists of original drawings, sketches, and paintings for unidentified cosmetic, powder, and perfume packaging.
Dates
- Creation: circa 1920-1940
Creator
- Unknown (Organization)
Extent
76 item(s)
General Physical Description
76 items (drawings, paintings, sketches) ; 11 x 8.5 in. or smaller.
Historical Note
Commercial art, or advertising art, is art created for an enterprise to communicate reasons to buy goods and services, to create a recognizable logo, or to detail the correct performance of a task. Commercial artists design and create advertisements, logos, bill boards, brochures, book covers, and product packaging among other artwork. Two main areas of specialization for commercial art are illustration and graphic design. Illustrators create images for published print materials like books, magazines, and stationary. Graphic designers create artwork and layouts for published print materials as well as television, the Internet, and product packaging.
Scope and Content
The collection consists of original drawings, sketches, and paintings for unidentified cosmetic, powder, and perfume packaging. Many of the designs are floral and some employ Japanese motifs. A few sketches are on the reverse side of letterhead paper for the Van Cleve Company, Advertising, 250 Fifth Avenue, New York, and for the Gray Lithograph Company, Artistic Color Lithographers, New York.
Location
GL Box 1.
Access Restrictions
This collection is open for research.
Language of Materials
English
Finding Aid & Administrative Information
- Title:
- Original commercial art collection
- Date:
- 2015
- Description rules:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description:
- English
- Script of description:
- Latin
Repository Details
Repository Details
Part of the Audiovisual Collections Repository
