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1956

  • Work on this object began.

1976

  • Work on this object ended.

1997

  • We acquired this object.

2016

2024

  • You found it!

Poster, Basler Theater

This is a Poster. It was designed by Jean Tinguely. It is dated ca. 1966 and we acquired it in 1997. Its medium is offset lithograph on white wove paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Ken Friedman. It is credited Gift of Ken Friedman.

Its dimensions are

128.0 x 90.5 cm (50 3/8 x 35 5/8 in. )

It is signed

In plate, lower right corner

It is inscribed

Printed lower left corner Switzerland [logo of white square tilted in a black square]; Basler Theater [white letters on black]; Komödie Stadttheater [black letters on white]

Cite this object as

Poster, Basler Theater; Designed by Jean Tinguely (Swiss, 1925 – 1991); offset lithograph on white wove paper; 128.0 x 90.5 cm (50 3/8 x 35 5/8 in. ); Gift of Ken Friedman; 1997-19-190

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