Description
Pop art Poster by Neville Smith (Ottawa, Canada)
Title: Exhibition Saw Gallery 1972,
Screenprint in silver, red, yellow, & blue
This hard to find poster features a large pencil in primary colors with silver lines and print advertising an exhibition featuring other influential Canadian artists of the mid-1970's.
Awarded a Les Usherwood Lifetime Achievement Award by the Advertising and Design Club of Canada, Smith has created a body of work that would make most accomplished designers insecure (including envy-inducing work with the Government of Canada's Exhibition Commission for Expo '67 and Expo '70)
Neville Smith has worked with renowned Canadian artist, Gerald Trottier; he spent time at Crawley Films as an animator (famous for the '75 academy-award winning doc, The Man Who Skied Down Everest); he worked on design for Expo '70 in Osaka Japan; he founded his own group with fellow Canadians - Norman Takeuchi and Morris Danylewich; and he has subsequently won numerous accolades for his own work.
Condition:
Alterations: Original Condition Unaltered
Imperfections: Some Imperfections
Condition Notes: The red portion of the print has significant fading compared to the images we've found while researching the poster.
Materials & Techniques:
Paper
Details:
Frame Type: Framed
Art Subjects: Geometric, Pop Culture
What type of item is it? Vintage / Antique / Used
Country of Origin: Unknown
Title: Exhibition Saw Gallery 1972,
Screenprint in silver, red, yellow, & blue
This hard to find poster features a large pencil in primary colors with silver lines and print advertising an exhibition featuring other influential Canadian artists of the mid-1970's.
Awarded a Les Usherwood Lifetime Achievement Award by the Advertising and Design Club of Canada, Smith has created a body of work that would make most accomplished designers insecure (including envy-inducing work with the Government of Canada's Exhibition Commission for Expo '67 and Expo '70)
Neville Smith has worked with renowned Canadian artist, Gerald Trottier; he spent time at Crawley Films as an animator (famous for the '75 academy-award winning doc, The Man Who Skied Down Everest); he worked on design for Expo '70 in Osaka Japan; he founded his own group with fellow Canadians - Norman Takeuchi and Morris Danylewich; and he has subsequently won numerous accolades for his own work.
Condition:
Alterations: Original Condition Unaltered
Imperfections: Some Imperfections
Condition Notes: The red portion of the print has significant fading compared to the images we've found while researching the poster.
Materials & Techniques:
Paper
Details:
Frame Type: Framed
Art Subjects: Geometric, Pop Culture
What type of item is it? Vintage / Antique / Used
Country of Origin: Unknown
Condition
Original Condition Unaltered; Some Imperfections; The red portion of the print has significant fading compared to the images we've found while researching the poster.
Buyer's Premium
20%
Dimensions
39.7 x 24.25 x 0.8 in
1970s Pop Art Exhibition Poster by Neville Smith, Framed
Estimate $420-$750
Starting Bid
$200
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