Object Timeline

1991	Work on this object began.
1992	We acquired this object.
2016	We photographed this object.
2024	You found it!

Poster, Communication and Print

This is a Poster. It was designed by Shin Matsunaga and created by Shin Matsunaga Design Inc. and printed by Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.. It is dated 1991 and we acquired it in 1992. Its medium is offset lithograph on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Shin Matsunaga. It is credited Gift of Shin Matsunaga.

Square poster with four rows of rectangles. The top three rows are split into two rectangles that rotate between purple and red backgrounds. Each rectangle holds a six-digit date. The numbers are red and green on the purple backgrounds and purple and green on the red backgrounds. In between the rectangles there are black bands with yellow text under each date. The bottom row has the letters AIGA in all capital letters in purple on a black background. Each letter is separated by a paragraph of center justified text in white with some words highlighted in yellow. A yellow band with the words TUESDAYS BY DESIGN in all capital letters repeat across the top of the poster. A red band with three rows of small black text borders the bottom.

Poster, Tuesdays by Design
offset lithograph on paper.
Gift of Gregory Oznowich.
1995-119-2

Textile, Spectrum
cotton.
Gift of Jack Lenor Larsen, Inc..
1960-170-2

Color Wheel
oil paint on composition board.
Gift of Hilaire Hiler.
1960-244-1

Our curators have highlighted 2 objects that are related to this one.

Bookplate which uses color to illustrate rhythm with a colored rectangle in the center formed from several different brightly colored geometric shapes overlayed on one another: including a yellow inverted triangle, a dark blue triangle, red and blue vertical rectangles, a small green triangle, brown diagonal rectangles, and very small purple, pink, yellow and orange triangles.

Drawing, Blue-green Rhythm, from The Mathematical Basis of the Arts
brush and tempera on illustration board.
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Overlapping triangles in various tones of magenta, green, purple, blue, and orange on a medium gray background. At center, 9 triangles fit into eachother to form an irregular circle. The sporadic, overlapping triangles form a halo over the center circle.

Drawing, Color Rhythm, from The Mathematical Basis of the Arts
brush and tempera on illustration board.
Gift of Mrs. Joseph Schillinger.
1966-33-1

Its dimensions are

103 x 73 cm (40 9/16 x 28 3/4 in.)

It is inscribed

Imprinted: Designed by Shin Matsunaga / Printed in Japan by DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO., LTD.

Cite this object as

Poster, Communication and Print; Shin Matsunaga Design Inc.; Designed by Shin Matsunaga (b. 1940); Printed by Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.; Japan; offset lithograph on paper; 103 x 73 cm (40 9/16 x 28 3/4 in.); Gift of Shin Matsunaga; 1992-144-17

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/2DwN8/
Accession Number 1992-144-17
Object ID 18639235