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Poster, Him
This is a Poster. It was designed by Paula Scher and made for (as the client) The Public Theater. It is dated 1994 and we acquired it in 2013. Its medium is screenprint on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.
Paula Scher’s work for The Public Theater began in 1994 when she was retained by the The Public’s producer, George C. Wolfe, to design the organization’s graphic identity. In seeking to provide a visual identity that responded to the theater’s mission as an accessible community theater, Scher drew inspiration from the streets of New York City to create a series of graphics that responded to both the grid-structure of the streets and the urban language of graffiti.
The posters that Scher designed for The Public Theater have become iconic emblems—not only of the plays that they advertised, but of the cultural moments in which they were produced. Scher’s designs reference the pervasive social, economic and political issues of the time. The museum is perpetually interested in adding the work of National Design Award winners to the permanent collection.
This object was
donated by
Paula Scher.
It is credited Gift of Paula Scher.
- Sketches For Comb Designs (USA)
- ink on paper.
- Earl S. Tupper Papers, Archives Center, National Museum of American History,....
- 14.2012.175
- Sketches For Comb Designs (USA)
- ink on paper.
- Earl S. Tupper Papers, Archives Center, National Museum of American History,....
- 14.2012.176
- Sketches For Comb Designs (USA)
- ink on paper.
- Earl S. Tupper Papers, Archives Center, National Museum of American History,....
- 14.2012.177
Our curators have highlighted 6 objects that are related to this one. Here are three of them, selected at random:
- Poster, him
- screenprint on off-white paper.
- Gift of Art Chantry.
- 1995-69-78
- Poster, Untitled Black and White Woman's Face and Hair
- photo-offset lithograph on white paper.
- Gift of Sara and Marc Benda.
- 2009-20-13
- Poster, El Salvador
- silkscreen on wove paper.
- Museum purchase from Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program....
- 1994-65-12
Its dimensions are
117 × 76.7 cm (46 1/16 × 30 3/16 in.)
Cite this object as
Poster, Him; Designed by Paula Scher (American, b. 1948); Client: The Public Theater (United States); USA; screenprint on paper; 117 × 76.7 cm (46 1/16 × 30 3/16 in.); Gift of Paula Scher; 2013-25-1
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition How Posters Work.
