Fake Business Format · Stop No. 52
British Empire
“Doodles or Boundaries”
- Era
- Height of empire, ruler misplaced
- Provenance
- Roughly a quarter of the map, in red
- Medium
- Three-color propaganda lithograph, crayon rendered at scale
- Edition
- Borders drawn freehand, consequences drawn out
A world map in the confident palette of a shipping company annual report, across which a crayon has been at work. The looping red line passes through several continents without consulting them. The question in the title was never put to a vote in the affected regions.
On Display
The Gift Shop
- Museum Reproduction Tee
- Exhibition Poster