False Image Decal

1969

Roger Brown

Associated Names
Roger Brown

Artist, American, 1941 - 1997

Chicago Decal Company

Printer, American, founded 1932

The image shows bold shapes and lines, including an abstract fortress-like structure in the center with red peaks. Above it, colorful letters spell out "ARTIST". Two silhouette figures are on either side of the fortress, one rounded with a floating hat, the other angular with outstretched arms. At the bottom, abstract black truck shapes move toward the left, with headlights as triangular beams, crossing a landscape with spiky plants.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    commercially manufactured decal

  • Credit Line

    Purchased as the Gift of Stephen Dull

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 15.24 × 24.13 cm (6 × 9 1/2 in.)
    image: 14.29 × 21.91 cm (5 5/8 × 8 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.157.5

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Acquired for NGA by purchase from Roger Brown Study Collection in 2015.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2018

  • Sense of Humor: Caricature, Satire, and the Comical in Prints and Drawings from Leonardo to the Present, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2018 - 2019.

Markings

printed in blue on verso: [list of likes and dislikes of artist Roger Brown along with directions for affixing decal] Chicago Decal Company / Chicago, Illinois / 72885

Wikidata ID

Q77015883

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