First New York Film Festival
Poster for the first New York Film Festival which took place at The Samuel B. & David Rose Building, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. The composition consists of a free-hand drawing with a schematic sketch of an old camera and a large spot light on the left side. They are both directed towards a female actress, depicted on the right side of the poster. The text is distributed in three blocks across the poster. At top left: ‘N.ew Y.ork FIRST FILM FESTIVAL’. On the right side, just over the center of the sheet: ‘ SEPT / 10-19’ and a signature of the artist ‘Rivers’. At bottom in the center: ‘LINCOLN CENTER / EVENINGS / MUSEUM OF MODERN ART / AFTERNOONS’.
Artwork Details
- Title: First New York Film Festival
- Artist: Larry Rivers (American, Bronx, New York 1923–2002 Southampton, New York)
- Date: 1963
- Medium: Off-set lithograph in four colors
- Dimensions: Framed: 46 5/16 × 29 5/8 in. (117.6 × 75.2 cm)
- Classification: Posters
- Credit Line: Bequest of Sallie Blumenthal, 2015
- Object Number: 2015.787.2
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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