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The Envelopes, from Serigraphs by Students of the Art Institute of Chicago

A work made of offset lithograph in green and black and greenish blue felt-tip pen on off-white coated paper stapled onto felt-tip pen in black and red and relief print (stamp) in blue on manila envelope, containing color screenprint with relief print (stamp) in red on white card; screenprint in red on white wove paper; and white wove paper envelope with black felt-tip pen and offset lithograph in blue and red and relief print (stamp) in black on white wove paper self-adhesive support (containing relief print (stamp) in red with red felt-tip pen on white wove card (tag) with string; color screenprint on manila envelope; and xeradiograph with red felt-tip pen on off-white wove paper), tipped onto silkscreen on off-white card.

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  • A work made of offset lithograph in green and black and greenish blue felt-tip pen on off-white coated paper stapled onto felt-tip pen in black and red and relief print (stamp) in blue on manila envelope, containing color screenprint with relief print (stamp) in red on white card; screenprint in red on white wove paper; and white wove paper envelope with black felt-tip pen and offset lithograph in blue and red and relief print (stamp) in black on white wove paper self-adhesive support (containing relief print (stamp) in red with red felt-tip pen on white wove card (tag) with string; color screenprint on manila envelope; and xeradiograph with red felt-tip pen on off-white wove paper), tipped onto silkscreen on off-white card.

Date:

1966 and 1969

Artist:

Harold Allen
American, 1912-1999

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Harold Allen

Title

The Envelopes, from Serigraphs by Students of the Art Institute of Chicago

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

1966

Medium

Offset lithograph in green and black and greenish blue felt-tip pen on off-white coated paper stapled onto felt-tip pen in black and red and relief print (stamp) in blue on manila envelope, containing color screenprint with relief print (stamp) in red on white card; screenprint in red on white wove paper; and white wove paper envelope with black felt-tip pen and Offset lithograph in blue and red and relief print (stamp) in black on white wove paper self-adhesive support (containing relief print (stamp) in red with red felt-tip pen on white wove card (tag) with string; color screenprint on manila envelope; and xeradiograph with red felt-tip pen on off-white wove paper), tipped onto silkscreen on off-white card

Dimensions

Envelope: 22.8 × 30.5 cm (9 × 12 1/16 in.); Sheet: 50.8 × 66.3 cm (20 × 26 1/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Jim Zanzi in honor of Sonia Sheridan

Reference Number

2010.761.1

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