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For Colored Girls...

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Object Details

Designer

Paul Davis, American, b. 1938

Client

Booth Theater, American

Author

Ntozake Shange, American, 1948–2018

Catalogue Status

Research in Progress

Description

Poster promoting the play "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf" at the Booth Theatre.

Credit Line

Gift of Unknown Donor

Date

1976

Accession Number

1980-32-981

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Type

theater

Object Name

Poster

Type

Poster

Medium

Lithograph

Dimensions

H x W: 116.8 × 58.6 cm (46 in. × 23 1/16 in.)

made in

New York, NY, USA

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department

Data Source

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Metadata Usage

Not determined

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4cc58861f-149c-4d39-a549-a227e88f08e5

Record ID

chndm_1980-32-981

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