Dripping with Color: The Art of the Fruit Crate Label
April 9,
2008-September 15, 2010
Marilynn Gelfman
Karp and Ivan C. Karp’s donation of 238 vintage fruit crate labels from the
1870s to the 1950s provided the seed for the exhibition. When this
food-marketing device was in its hey-day, produce growers used fabulous labels
to call attention to their products that were distributed in identical crates. More
than just an art show, "Dripping with Color" put the labels into
historical context with background information on the growers, the
lithographers, crate technology and design and also a look at some of the
instruments used to hand-pick the fruit in the fields.