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Design Category
Illustration, 1996
Design firm
Morla Design (San Francisco, California)
Collection
(1997) Communication Graphics: 18

Description

This is a promotional poster commemorating the Mexican Museum, incorporating early twentieth-century woodblock type, lotteria imagery, the quintessential portrayal of Our Lady of Guadalupe, and a Benday portrait of Frida Kahlo owned by the museum.

Credits
Art director: Jennifer Morla
Graphic designers: Jennifer Morla, Craig Bailey
Photography: Courtesy of International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House
Typefaces: Franklin Gothic Extra Condensed, Various Mexican Woodblock Faces
Printer: Bacchus Press
Paper: Simpson Coronado SST Recycled
Client: Bacchus Press