16 January 2025
11 minutes
Photo: Poster House
This exhibition at Poster House in New York explores how the US graphic designer translated concepts of European modernism into art for local audiences. Curator Angelina Lippert explains the importance and techniques used in three series of Beall posters produced for the Rural Electrification Administration in the 1930s.
16 January 2025
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