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Posters, prints, and art work [graphic material]

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Date:

[ca. 1930-1979].

Reference:

R7593-16-5-E

Type of material:

Art

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

4841763

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Marshall McLuhan fonds

Posters, prints, and art work
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Series includes:

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Date(s):

[ca. 1930-1979].

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Place of creation:

Canada

Extent:

275 prints : offset lithographs, reproductions, photochemical process prints, serigraph.
17 drawings.
1 watercolour.
1 printing plate : magnesium ; 8.4 x 47.5 x 0.5 cm.

Language of material:

English

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The series consists of art work including posters, prints and cartoons advertising Canadian and international performing and fine arts events; a magnesium printing plate entitled "The structural effect/ McLuhanism"; Canadian postcard views; images including that of Nictaux Falls; Annapolis River; Port George; Grand Pre; Evangeline; Bear River; Digsby; Victoria, B.C.; and several images of Nova Scotia; cartoons by Joseph Mirachi and Andy Capp; a silkscreen cover design for "The Medium is the Message"; drawings of various locales in Toronto prepared by McLuhan; a cover design for "Voices of Literature"; a cover design for "Explorations: Verbi-voco-visual; and artwork boards for the Dewline project.

Source:

Private
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Graphic (art)

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Box [1987-094] A603-02

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