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NARS make up test card

Make-Up Test Card
2011 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin


In 2009 Tanya Ling created a series of line drawings for NARS, the US cosmetics brand, as an image to be used by the brand at point of sale as a customer makeup colour card. The square in the lower right hand corner is a detail insert of a closed eye to allow customers to see the application of product more clearly.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleNARS make up test card (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Printed on paper
Brief description
NARS make up test card, face without eyebrows, designed by Tanya Ling 2011
Physical description
Card with illustration of a woman's face; the woman has no eyebrows, but an exagerated arch of her eye socket and stylized, linear facial features. In the lower right hand corner of the test card is the NARS logo and illustrations of a closed linear eye.
Dimensions
  • Height: 28cm
  • Width: 21.5cm
Credit line
Given by Abraham Thomas
Object history
These test cards were designed by Tanya Ling for NARS to be given to NARS customers at the point of sale.
Summary

In 2009 Tanya Ling created a series of line drawings for NARS, the US cosmetics brand, as an image to be used by the brand at point of sale as a customer makeup colour card. The square in the lower right hand corner is a detail insert of a closed eye to allow customers to see the application of product more clearly.
Collection
Accession number
E.658-2015

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Record createdOctober 27, 2015
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