Advertisement for Schlitz beer from Life magazine

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Object Details

Place of publication, production, or execution

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Physical Description

2 clipping : ill. ; clippings 10 x 27 cm. and 24 x 18 cm., latter on sheet 28 x 22 cm.

Summary

Advertisement features illustration of a man and a woman in an art gallery admiring a painting of a bottle of Schlitz beer. Jackson Pollock's painting Number 23, 1949 and a Mondrian painting are hanging on the adjacent wall.
Handwritten identification on front reads: Life, February 12, 1952 (advertisement). The date in the inscription may be incorrect or not refer to creation date, as the advertisement appeared in the Life issue from 21 January 1952.

Citation

Advertisement for Schlitz beer from Life magazine, 1952. Jackson Pollock and Lee Krasner papers, circa 1914-1984. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Use Note

Current copyright status is undetermined

Location Note

Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution Washington, D.C. 20560

Date

1952

Record number

(DSI-AAA)13813

Type

Printed Materials

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Jackson Pollock and Lee Krasner papers, circa 1914-1984, bulk 1942-1984

Data Source

Archives of American Art

Topic

Advertising

Metadata Usage

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Record ID

AAADCD_item_13813