Pvt. Joe Louis Says...
Details
- Palette
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- Dimensions
- Image: 96 x 67.2cm (37 13/16 x 26 7/16"); Sheet: 101.5 x 72.3cm (39 15/16 x 28 7/16"); Board: 106.7 x 72.4cm (42 x 28 1/2"); A to G Depth: 1 1/2"
- Holding institution
- National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
- Image provider
- smithsonian-national-portrait-gallery
- License
- CC0-1.0
- Credit
- National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Art Genome Taxonomy
8 tags
Artistic Disciplines
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Graphic Design Visual · 99%
The work is organized as a large-format poster with a prominent headline, quotation panel, reproduced image, and emphatic typography.
Subject Matter
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Individual Portrait Both · 99%
The catalog lists Portrait and identifies Joe Louis; visually, one prominently depicted individual occupies the center of the composition.
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War and Military Both · 99%
The catalog identifies Joe Louis as an Army serviceman and lists a helmet, rifle, and bayonet, all of which are directly visible in the poster.
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Text Visual · 99%
Large quotation marks and heavy sans-serif lettering make written language a primary component of the composition.
Visual Qualities
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Flatness Visual · 91%
The composition relies on a simplified blue field, rectangular cream text panels, a broad border, and a sharply isolated central figure, producing a strongly graphic, flattened structure.
Medium and Techniques
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Prints Both · 99%
The museum classifies the object as a print, and the image visibly has a mechanically reproduced poster format.
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Lithograph Both · 99%
The catalog identifies the medium as a color photolithographic poster with halftone; the central figure visibly uses a halftone photographic reproduction.
Time Periods
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1940s-1950s Art Metadata · 99%
The catalog dates the work to 1942, placing it within the 1940s–1950s period category.
Source & rights
Unidentified Artist. Pvt. Joe Louis Says.... National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution.