The 1950’s saw a massive shift in attitude toward certain elements in art that were, until that point, considered to be congruent with its definition.  The usual conventions of sophistication, abstraction and romance were challenged in the wake of the mass culture and advertising that followed WWII.  As in the way the Dada movement reflected WWI Europe, the Pop Art movement sought to celebrate the banal, consumerist landscape of Britain and America by using ironic imagery as means of cultural contemplation.

**This is not a square poster. There is no white border.** Printed by the Universal Limited Art Editions for Larry Rivers' first comprehensive retrospective.  For each of the five museums that held the retrospective in exhibition, ULAE made prints for each.  This is from the Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University start of the exhibition.

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       NOV.      16th        2010           H   O   L   I   D    A   Y              A   U   C   T   I   O   N                  NOV.        16^th