Bertha Schaefer Gallery by Richard Baringer Art Print doorway a bedside table or in

a bedside table or in a narrow strip of wall between a window and a wardrobe

The cream ground keeps things calm while the soft pink checks and pale blue lettering do the heavy lifting

set against a soft taupe ground with classic exhibition typography underneath

The red carries across the space without shouting

so it likes a bit of vertical room above and below

Bertha Schaefer Gallery by Richard Baringer Art Print doorway a bedside table or inStart with the bold red; it'll wake every wood and leather surface around it. This is a Richard Baringer exhibition poster from 1963, hard edged blocks of red, blue and purple held together by the original gallery typography along the bottom. The wall stops being polite. A room with a lot of beige, walnut or oak suddenly has a focal point, and everything else reads warmer next to it. The red does most of the work; the blue and purple keep it from