The mad hopes by Romney Brent featuring for 1st time: a Surrealist setting!

Unknown artist · [1938]

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Sage
40% of the image
Green · text contrast 5.9:1

Pale stone
28% of the image
Grey · text contrast 11.2:1

Raspberry
14% of the image
Red · text contrast 5.3:1

Dusty rose
9% of the image
Pink · text contrast 7.5:1

Graphite
8% of the image
Black · text contrast 11.9:1

Taupe
2% of the image
Pink · text contrast 5.5:1

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Artist: Unknown artist
Date: [1938]
Type: Print
Medium: 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen, color.
Place: Conn.
Period: 20th century
Main colour: Green · lightness 61, colourfulness 21

Library of Congress, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Library record. Public domain. United States: US federal government work (17 U.S.C. 105): item.contributor_names: "Federal Art Project, sponsor". Not applicable: a US government work. Last checked 2026-10-31 (rights statement says no known restrictions: yes). Image: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division; no known restrictions on publication. Licence rules

The mad hopes by Romney Brent featuring for 1st time: a Surrealist setting!

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