Public Theater, New York: Dancing on Her Knees
Object Details
- Graphic Designer
- Paula Scher, American, b. 1948
- Client
- The Public Theater, New York, New York, USA
- Designer
- Pentagram, New York, NY, USA, founded United Kingdom, 1972
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Image divided into two sections. Upper section shows a woman's leg (seen from behind) wearing a yellow stocking and a black heeled shoe. Green fringe from skirt visible at upper left corner. Image runs from upper left to lower right on a diagonal against a vivid red background. Lower section shows purple letters outlined in yellow against a black background. Spelling "Dancing on Her Knees" the text moves from lower left to right, ending at the tip of the woman's shoe. Inscribed text along right side.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Pentagram
- 1995
- Accession Number
- 1998-2-3
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- graphic design
- Object Name
- Poster
- Type
- Poster
- Medium
- Screenprint on white wove paper
- Dimensions
- 117.0 x 76.2 cm (46 1/16 x 30 in. )
- distributed in
- New York, New York, USA
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1998-2-3
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4bd6815c6-f92b-427c-88b9-6160af40ba3f
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