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Nussknacker [The Nutcracker]

Cooper Hewitt

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    Object Details

    Client

    Opernhaus, Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

    Designer

    Mario Botta, Swiss, b.1943

    Client

    Zürcher Ballet

    Catalogue Status

    Research in Progress

    Description

    On white background, two jagged, jaw-like black shapes converge at center, forming a triangular shape between them. Directly below the apex of this triangular lacuna is a black circle. Inscriptions: at top- "NUSSKNACKER / opernhaus", directly below the black circle- "ab 24. oktober 92 bis marz 93 Peter I. Tschaikowski Oleg Caetani Bernd Roger Bienert Mario Botta Keso Dekker Jurg Hammerli Orchester der Oper Zurich", and at bottom- "ZURCHER BALLETT".

    Credit Line

    Gift of Sara and Marc Benda

    Date

    1993

    Accession Number

    2010-21-59

    Restrictions & Rights

    Usage conditions apply

    Type

    graphic design

    Object Name

    Poster

    Type

    Poster

    Medium

    Screenprint on wove paper

    Dimensions

    128 x 90.8 cm (50 3/8 x 35 3/4 in.)

    made in

    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/kq4d86ec906-3782-4338-b916-dbb79392e757

    Record ID

    chndm_2010-21-59

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