No sale – Vintage Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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No sale comes to life in this historic drawing, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Titled "No sale," this work combines India ink over pencil, opaque white, and layered printed and drawn overlays on a sheet about 8 by 7 inches. Its catalog record dates it to September 10, 1972, and pairs two subjects, cash registers and education, both tied to the 1970s. That pairing suggests a pointed comment on schooling treated as a commodity, a question that ran through American public life that decade as school budgets, tuition, and federal aid were debated. The record does not name the artist, so the drawing is best read through its imagery and its moment.
| Medium | 1 drawing : India ink over pencil, with opaque white, and printed and drawn overlays on transparent 20.3 x 17.3 cm. (sheet) |
|---|---|
| Genre | September 10 |
| Notes | 1972 Sept. 10 [publication date] |
| Subjects | Cash registers--1970-1980. Education--1970-1980. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,223 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-156009 |
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