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The Rocky Horror Show

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    Object Details

    Designer

    Art Chantry, American, b. 1954

    Printer

    Display Products

    Client

    The Empty Space Theatre, Bakersfield, California, USA

    Catalogue Status

    Research in Progress

    Description

    Poster advertising Richard O'Brien's, text in caps: THE/ ROCKY/ HORROR/SHOW. Opening at Empty Space 86. Features Frankenstein printed in greyscale. Outline, in flourescent yellow, of astronaut helmet with anentae, bra, and bare legs superimposed over figure. In flourescent pink appear, in a like fashion over the figure: painted lips and nails, beauty mark, and high heeled shoes.

    Credit Line

    Gift of Art Chantry

    Date

    1986

    Accession Number

    1995-69-42

    Restrictions & Rights

    Usage conditions apply

    Copyright Notice

    © Art Chantry

    Type

    graphic design

    Object Name

    Poster

    Type

    Poster

    Medium

    Screenprint on white wove paper

    Dimensions

    74.7 x 43.2 cm (29 7/16 in. x 17 in.)

    made in

    USA

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    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/kq40e3a11bb-be23-4a02-8591-6bd65334e140

    Record ID

    chndm_1995-69-42

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