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1975

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1995

  • Work on this object ended.

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  • We acquired this object.

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Poster, Dead End Kids

This is a Poster. It is dated ca. 1985 and we acquired it in 1996. Its medium is lithograph on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Gift of Stephen Doyle.

It is inscribed

Printed in gray, center: DEAD / END / KIDS; in blue, top: Mabou Mines; in blue, lower center: a story of nuclear power / Written and directed by JoAnne Akalaitis / Original Music Score by David Byrne / Produced by Marian Godfrey and Monty Diamond / A production of Mabou Mines / in association with Ikon Films; in black, vertically, lower right: Design: Drenttel Doyle Partners / Printing: Pollack Litho Inc. / Color Separation: Marvik Colour / Paper: 100 lb Walker offset enamel / Cross Siclaire / Type: Trufont Typographers; in white, bottom: "Compelling, inventive and caustically witty. . .a red hot debut. . .hilarious. . ." Variety "Awesome. . .enormously entertaining. . ." Minneapolis Star and Tribune

Cite this object as

Poster, Dead End Kids; USA; lithograph on paper; Gift of Stephen Doyle; 1996-85-2

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