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Giselle

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Object Details

Designer

Armin Hofmann, Swiss, b.1920

Collector

Dan Friedman, American, 1945–1995

Photographer

Merkle, probably Swiss

Printer

Wasserman A.G., Basel, Switzerland

For

Basler Freilichtspiele, Basel, Switzerland

Catalogue Status

Research in Progress

Description

Poster for the ballet Giselle in the Basler Freilichtspiele (Basel Open-Air Theatre) in Rosenfeld Park. The word Giselle is printed vertically in large white text along the left side of the poster. A white blurred photographic image of a ballerina in mid-spin is reproduced on the right. In the upper left corner, the following is printed in white: Basler / Freilichtspiele / 1959 / 19.–31. August / im / Rosenfeldpark.

Credit Line

Gift of Ken Friedman

Date

1959

Accession Number

1997-19-142

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Type

graphic design

Object Name

Poster

Type

Poster

Medium

Offset lithograph on white wove paper

Dimensions

127.6 x 90.2 cm (50 1/4 x 35 1/2 in. )

made in

Basel, Switzerland

printed in

Basel, Switzerland

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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/kq4ebffd348-33e4-4d00-a6e7-aad8570ac750

Record ID

chndm_1997-19-142

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