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1988

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Poster, Tannhäuser

This is a Poster. It was designed by Rick Valicenti. It is dated 1988 and we acquired it in 1995. Its medium is lithograph on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Rick Valicenti. It is credited Gift of Rick Valicenti.

Its dimensions are

H x W: 91.5 × 61.1 cm (36 in. × 24 1/16 in.)

It is signed

Signed, vertically, lower right: Rick Valicenti

It is inscribed

Printed in black and red, top: TANNHÄUSER; in black, below: BY Richard Wagner (directed BY Peter Sellars; in black, bottom: LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO 88 89; in blue and black,vertically, left edge: This poster made possible by a deeply appreciated gift from 10 & 30 South Wacker, JMB Realty Corporation and Metropolitan Structures. Impressions Bradley Printing Company Color Separations Midwest Litho Arts Consolidated Reflections Cover, donated by Butler Paper, Chicago Imagery THIRST

Cite this object as

Poster, Tannhäuser; Designed by Rick Valicenti (American, b. 1951); USA; lithograph on paper; H x W: 91.5 × 61.1 cm (36 in. × 24 1/16 in.); Gift of Rick Valicenti; 1995-73-3

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