View archival description Archive Group 13 - AG 13 - Archives of
Colour Reproductions of Paintings - 1949 - 1979 (Creation) Level
of description Extent and medium Immediate source of acquisition
or transfer Content and structure area Scope and content The
idea of the UNESCO project was to give the vast majority of
people who never or only occasionally have the chance to see the
originals of great paintings access to them by substituting
these art works with high-quality colour reproductions. With the
aim of making the best colour reproductions more easily
available to teachers, students and the general art-interested
public, UNESCO, over a period of 30 years, produced catalogues
listing by the end more than 15,000 paintings of which high-
quality reproductions exist and could be obtained. The volumes
were intended not only to bring art into homes and schools but
also to encourage the increased production of colour prints and
the improvement of reproduction standards and methods. At UNESCO
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