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Mystery Train

Cooper Hewitt

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    Object Details

    Designer

    Andrzej Klimowski, British, active Poland, b. 1949

    Catalogue Status

    Research in Progress

    Description

    The background is a black-and-white photograph of a young man feigning surprise, against a white wall. Overlaid midway is a cut-out of a black-and-orange fan-shaped diagram of piano keys, music notation, the printed words "SUN", and two cut-outs in place of the man's eyes, transforming them into slits. At three-quarters, lower left, is an image of a train, from a newspaper or book, appearing to run into the young man's mouth, which is colored lipstick-red. At the top is the inscription "MYSTERY TRAIN", followed by a listing of the credits for the making of this film.

    Credit Line

    Gift of Sara and Marc Benda

    Date

    1989

    Accession Number

    2010-21-10

    Restrictions & Rights

    Usage conditions apply

    Type

    graphic design

    Object Name

    Poster

    Type

    Poster

    Medium

    Offset lithograph on wove paper

    Dimensions

    98.2 x 67.7 cm (38 11/16 x 26 5/8 in.)

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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/kq47521892a-2605-43b8-81a6-8c8f1c11a238

    Record ID

    chndm_2010-21-10

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