Progress in industrial color and protection at "A Century of Progress", Chicago 1933.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

American Asphalt Paint Co.

Contributor:

Urban, Joseph, 1872-1933.

Trade Catalogue Collection (Athenaeum of Philadelphia)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Urban, Joseph, 1872-1933.

Urban, Joseph.

American Asphalt Paint Co--Catalogs.

American Asphalt Paint Co.

Century of Progress International Exposition (1933-1934 : Chicago, Ill.).

Century of Progress International Exposition.

Paint.

Color in architecture.

Physical Description:

[16] p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm.

Other Title:

Color and protection

Place of Publication:

Chicago : American Asphalt Paint Co., c1933.

Summary:

For the Century of Progress exposition, the American Asphalt Paint Co. enlisted the services of the designer Joseph Urban to create a palette of 28 colors and to design color combinations for application on the exteriors and interiors of the buildings. The brochure illustrates the major components of the exhibit, highlighting Urban's color schemes.

Notes:

Cover title: Color and protection.

"Twenty-eight distinct colors were selected with which to decorate "A Century of Progress." The masterful handling of these colors, directed by the late Joseph Urban, created an expanse of beauty never seen anywhere"--P. [16].

OCLC:

3818153