RARE WW1 Dazzle Ship camouflage schematic stone litho

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Original 1917-18 US Navy stone lithograph schematic for a "Dazzle Pattern" camouflage confusion pattern used on WW1 ships, called "Dazzle Ships."See my other auctions for more of these, including the companion piece of this one, the other side of this same scheme, with a different pattern. These are extremely rare because they were produced as guides for the crews which actually painted the ships, and tfore these lithos were totally disposable. Virtually all took a lot of wear and tear in the ship painting process and were afterwards discarded. I have had a major exhibition including some of these from my collection, have published articles on this material, and the only holdings of this kind of material besides my own I have found are a few in US Navy archives and at a prominent East Coast art college whose faculty members generated these camouflage designs during World War One. No doubt the Imperial War Museum in London has some also. The lithos are large, 29 X 11 3/4 inches, and in close to mint condition. Some have a small tear or two and/or some wrinkling on edge, which will not show when matted unless otherwise noted. NOTE: This particular litho does have a 1 inch tear in the lower left corner, slightly into the black border line of the image, but it should be virtually unnoticeable when matted- otherwise edges are almost wrinkle read more

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