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The Birth of Cool, American Painting from Georgia O'Keefe to Christopher Wood

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Poster features large black letters that read: BIRTH / OF / THE / COOL on what looks like a bright pink painted surface; below: KUNSTHAUS ZURICH / AMERIKANISCHE MALEREI. On right, column of text: GEORGIA O’KEEFE / BARNETT NEWMAN / JACKSON POLLOCK / RICHARD ARTSCHWGER / ALEX KATZ / ANDY WARHOL / JOHN WESLEY / MALCOLM MORLEY / VIJA CELMINS / CHUCK CLOSE / ROSS BLECKNER / RICHARD PRINCE / SUE WILLIAMS / PHILIP TAAFFE / CHRISTOPHER WOOL / 18. JUNI BIS 7. SEPTEMBER / IM RAHMEN DER / ZURCHER FESTSPIELE / DI-DO 10-21 UHR / FR-SO 10-17 UHR / 1. AUGUST GESCHLOSSEN / EIN KULTUR-ENGAGEMENT / DER CREDIT SUISSE.
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Designer
Cornel Windlin, Swiss, b. 1964
Client
Kunsthaus Zurich, Switzerland
Date
1997
Credit Line
Gift of Sara and Marc Benda
Medium
Offset lithograph on wove paper
Dimensions
127.5 x 89.5 cm (50 3/16 x 35 1/4 in.)
Type
graphic design
Object Name
Poster
Type
Poster
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