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What font does Barbara Kruger use?
The font that Barbara Kruger uses is Futura Bold. In 1979, the artist unveiled her first works, featuring a combination of type and image in her signature colors of black, white and red. The phrases that Kruger superimposes onto the imagery in her work are as pointed, direct and authoritative as the visuals, with the best-known examples including I Shop Therefore I Am and You Are a Captive Audience. On 1stDibs, find a range of Barbara Kruger art.
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Contemporary Pop Art You re Right (And You Know It And So Should Everyone Else
By Barbara Kruger
Located in White Plains, NY
'You're Right And You Know It (And So Should Everyone Else)' by Barbara Kruger features colors of green, pink, black, and white. Rising to prominence in the 1980s, Barbara Kruger b...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Prints

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Lithograph

Culture Vulture
By Barbara Kruger
Located in London, GB
Debossed archival pigment print on surface Gampi Chine collé to Strathmore Bristol. Published in 2012 by Lincoln Center’s Vera List Art Project, New York, to commemorate the project’...
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2010s Contemporary More Prints

Materials

Giclée, Etching

BARBARA KRUGER Untitled (Kiss) (2019), 2019 Hand-Signed
By Barbara Kruger
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Size: 17 x 14 inches ( 43.18 x 35.56 cm ) Condition: A: Mint Additional Details: Untitled (Kiss) (2019) marries Alvar Aalto’s classic piece of modern furniture design, Stool 60, wit...
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2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Other Medium

Barbara Kruger, I Shop Therefore I Am - Printed Paper Shopping Bag
By Barbara Kruger
Located in Hamburg, DE
Barbara Kruger (1945, American) I Shop Therefore I Am, 1990 Medium: Photolithograph on paper shopping bag Edition size: 9000 Dimensions: 17 5/16 x 10 3/4 in (43.9 x 27.3 cm) Publishe...
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20th Century Pop Art Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Flag Screenprint on Cotton Blend Bandana by Barbara Kruger
By Barbara Kruger
Located in Draper, UT
This limited edition bandana from Barbara Kruger was part of a 2020 campaign titled "Artists Band Together," in support of organizations working to increase voter turnout. Using lang...
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2010s Prints and Multiples

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Screen

Barbara Kruger Artists Space 1987 (announcement)
By Barbara Kruger
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Barbara Kruger Artists Space invitation announcement card, 1987: Rare folding announcement card for the Artists Space's Spring Benefit Party held at Federal Hall, New York City, Apri...
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1980s Pop Art More Art

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Offset

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