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1991

  • Work on this object began.

1993

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

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Poster, Earth Day '91 New York City

This is a Poster. It was designed by Seymour Chwast. It is dated 1991 and we acquired it in 1993. Its medium is lithograph on recycled paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Steven Heller and Karrie Jacobs. It is credited Gift of Steven Heller and Karrie Jacobs.

Its dimensions are

85.5 × 55 cm (33 11/16 × 21 5/8 in.)

It is signed

Printed in black, vertically, lower right of Statue of Liberty: CHWAST

It is inscribed

Printed in red, blue, white, and black, below Statue of Liberty: EARTH DAY 91 / NEW / YORK / CITY; in black, bottom: PAPER: FOX RIVER CIRCA SELECT.../HAFF & DAUGHERTY ...; printed in black, verso bottom: DESIGN: SEYMOUR CHWAST PAPER: FOX RIVER CIRCA SELECT.../HAFF & DAUGHERTY...

Cite this object as

Poster, Earth Day '91 New York City; Designed by Seymour Chwast (American, b. 1931); USA; lithograph on recycled paper; 85.5 × 55 cm (33 11/16 × 21 5/8 in.); Gift of Steven Heller and Karrie Jacobs; 1993-53-58

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