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1988

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1995

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Poster, Apply Your Art

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: 86.4 × 56 cm (34 in. × 22 1/16 in.)

It is signed

Signed, lower left: Rick Valicenti

It is inscribed

Printed in white and black, upper left: APPLY YOUR ART; in black and brown, upper center and right: The Museum of Contemporary Art Store announces its fourth / annual artists’ / T shirts / exhibition sale to be held this June 7>19-88 / Each year it has grown more successful / featuring the work of over 50 cartoonists, illustrators / painters and sculptors; famous and not yet discovered. / With the newly expanded M< C >A store this / sale promises to be even bigger. . . attracting extensive / electronic and print media coverage. You are invited to / submit t-shirts for approval to be made available for / purchase on a consignment basis (60 % of the retail / price to / the / artist) during the run of the exhibition sale; in black, below, vertically: APPLY; in black and brown, at left, within application form boxes: APPLY / artist’s name / address / daytime phone / description / quantity available / retail $ / description / quantity available / retail $ / description / quantity available / retail $ / description / quantity available / retail $ / description / quantity available / retail $; in brown and black, lower left: DESIGN rick valicenti 4 thirst; in black, lower right, first column: [t-shirts may be multiples or / one-of-a-kind.; in brown and black, lower right, second column: Guidelines for the submission: / Submit one of each design for / approval and specify quantity / available for sale on the form. / A copy of resume or short / statement about the work, as / well as the form below, must / be submitted with t-shirts. / Deadline: To be considered for / approval by the MCA Store, / t-shirts must be received no later than / 24 May 1988. / t-shirts may be hand delivered / Monday through Saturday / between 10:00 am and 4:45 pm / or they may be mailed to / Museum of Contemporary Art / 237 E. Ontario / Chicago, Illinois 60611 / Attn: t-shirts; in black, lower right, third column: For further information contact / Chris DerDerian 3 1 2.280.2679.]; in brown and black, bottom right: PHOTO ken reid MODEL john economou/almada STYLing darcy mcgrath/elite

Cite this object as

Poster, Apply Your Art; Designed by Rick Valicenti (American, b. 1951); USA; lithograph on paper; H x W: 86.4 × 56 cm (34 in. × 22 1/16 in.); Gift of Rick Valicenti; 1995-73-4

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