Funny?
Artist
Designer Unknown
Printer
Mather Chicago
Date1929
MediumLithograph
Dimensions43 3/4 x 36 in. (111.1 x 91.4 cm)
ClassificationsPoster
Credit LinePoster House Permanent Collection
Object numberPH.352
DescriptionThe tumbling clown in this work-incentive poster, one of nearly 350 produced by the Chicago-based printing firm, Mather & Company, between 1923 and 1929, points to the hazards of workplace joking. The Mather posters, designed to encourage productivity, hung in factories and offices all over America and typically addressed workplace behaviors and ideals.On View
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