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Captain Midnight

Poster
1966 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Colour offset lithograph poster depicting a superhero repeated in a circle to create a psychedelic kaleidoscopic effect.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleCaptain Midnight (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Colour offset lithograph
Brief description
'Captain Midnight'. Poster with quotations from Batman and other strip cartoons. Published by the Peter Max Poster Corporation, New York, USA, 1966.
Physical description
Colour offset lithograph poster depicting a superhero repeated in a circle to create a psychedelic kaleidoscopic effect.
Dimensions
  • Height: 91.5cm
  • Width: 61cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1968. London: HMSO, 1969.
Marks and inscriptions
'Peter Max' (Lettered)
Credit line
Given by the Museum of Modern Art, New York
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1968 London: HMSO, 1969.
Collection
Accession number
E.3-1968

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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