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Commercial art

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Artwork, 1857-1990

 Series
Accession: 2132Identifier: 2132-III.
Scope and Content:

Contains artwork created by Irv Koons Associates which document each stage of the creative process from development of the initial concept through creation of the final design approved for production. This series contains rough and finished sketches, comprehensives, mock-ups, mechanicals, and finished artwork for numerous package design projects. These materials are arranged alphabetically by company and grouped by media.

Dates: 1857-1990

Janet Whitson Sudler and Arthur E. Sudler commercial artwork

 Collection
Accession: 2024-215
Abstract:

Janet Starr Whitson Sudler (1908-1994) and Arthur Emory Sudler Jr. (1905-1968) were a commercial artist couple who married in 1927. This small collection consists of sketches and advertisements, primarily of women's millinery and fashion from the 1930s in flapper-era style.

Dates: 1930s

Lippincott Mercer records

 Collection
Accession: 2206
Abstract:

Lippincott & Margulies, Inc., and its successor Lippincott Mercer is a major international design consultancy specializing in corporate identity, image, and marketing. The records consist of a set of the company's magazine, Design Sense.

Dates: 1956-2004

Mather & Company workplace posters

 Collection
Accession: 1994-319
Abstract:

Mather & Company was a printer of motivational workplace posters, based out of Chicago, Illinois. Between 1923 and 1929, the company produced approximately 350 work-incentive posters. The posters were color lithographs containing vivid images accompanied by witty captions that demonstrated workplace interpersonal interactions, appropriate behaviors, ideals, and guidelines. This artificial collection consists of twenty-six Mather & Company work-incentive posters. The design of each poster follows a standard format; each includes a three-part message and a single image using a colorful pallet.

Dates: 1923; 1924; 1929

Original commercial art album

 Collection
Accession: 2000-220
Abstract:

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. This album consists of examples of original commercial art including lettering, letterheads, labels, a postcard, point-of-sale advertising, newspaper advertising, sketches of people, color separation examples, and a drawing of tableware.

Dates: circa 1940

Original commercial art collection

 Collection
Accession: 2000-221
Abstract:

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: circa 1920-1940