Poster for May Opening of National Collection of Fine Art, Smithsonian Institution

1968

Not on view

Color lithograph with cut out 'windows' and a pink sheet of backing paper.

Part of a portfolio of seven prints by six artists: Lee Bontecou, Chryssa, Allan D'Arcangelo, Sam Francis, Claes Oldenburg and Larry Rivers.

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Title: Poster for May Opening of National Collection of Fine Art, Smithsonian Institution
Artist: Larry Rivers (American, Bronx, New York 1923–2002 Southampton, New York)
Publisher: Atelier Mourlot, New York
Date: 1968
Medium: Color lithograph
Dimensions: Sheet: 30 in. × 21 9/16 in. (76.2 × 54.7 cm)
Classifications: Prints, Posters
Credit Line: John B. Turner Fund, 1968
Object Number: 68.711.7
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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