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Vanity Fair. Oh, Roseanne!

Poster
1994 (printed and published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Poster promoting the February 1994 issue of Vanity Fair magazine featuring Roseanne Barr on the front cover wearing a black corset and holding a cut grapefruit. On the floor is a train set and a number of cigarette ends.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleVanity Fair. Oh, Roseanne!
Materials and techniques
Offset Lithograph
Brief description
Poster for Vanity Fair magazine, February 1994, with Roseanne Barr on the cover
Physical description
Poster promoting the February 1994 issue of Vanity Fair magazine featuring Roseanne Barr on the front cover wearing a black corset and holding a cut grapefruit. On the floor is a train set and a number of cigarette ends.
Dimensions
  • Height: 71cm
  • Width: 48cm
Gallery label
20th Century Gallery label

MAGAZINES

Lifestyle, fashion, music and celebrity magazines proliferated in the 1990s, promoting values of youth beauty and wealth. They were buoyed up by the marketing budgets of major advertisers, and arguably they fulfilled a corporate agenda rather than a public service.
Credit line
Given by Cassius Matthias
Production
Poster promoting the February 1994 issue of Vanity Fair Magazine
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
E.1084-2002

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Record createdJanuary 29, 2007
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