London General Bus
- Title : London General Bus
- Artist: Viola Paterson Artist
- Accession: TD1992.87.4
- Country: Great Britain London
- Date: 1934
- Dimensions: Inches 17-1/8 19-1/4 2-1/8 Dimensions, framed Inches 12 16-7/8 Dimensions, unframed, Inches 43.5 48.9 5.4 Dimensions, framed Centimeters 30.5 42.9 Dimensions, unframed
- Collection: Object
- Category: Industrial Design
- Collection Theme: Modernism
- Subject: Transportation , Urbanism , Figurative , Buses , Travel , Women Artists , Graphic Design
- Credit Line: The Wolfsonian–Florida International University, Miami Beach, Florida, The Mitchell Wolfson, Jr. Collection
- URL: TD1992.87.4.JPG
- Tags: Travel, Transportation, and Tourism~Industrial Design~Modernism
Description:
Woodblock colored with watercolor, gouache and graphite in orange, yellow, blue, gray, brown and black; major lines of the image are incised into the surface of the wood; the image and text within the composition appear in reverse and depict a side view of a London General Bus transporting male and female passengers who look out the windows, read the paper, or sleep on route to their destination.
