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Theatre X Presents Pilgrims of the Night

Poster
ca 1990 (designed and printed)
Artist/Maker
Thirst (design company)
Valicenti, Rick (designer)
Klassen, Tony (designer)
Place of origin
United States (designed and printed)

Theatre poster depicting a pixilated image of a mouth within a white rectangle within a black blob. An irregular arrow outlined in bold red points to the mouth and there is a '7' within a black circle towards top centre of the poster. Lettering at the bottom of the poster is presented in irregular text boxes filled with a jumble of type sizes and styles.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Advertising
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleTheatre X Presents Pilgrims of the Night (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Colour offset lithograph printed on paper
Brief description
Rick Valicenti and Tony Klassen for Thirst Chicago
U.S. Theatre Poster advertising Pilgrims of the Night at Theatre X, Broadway, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, early 1990s
Physical description
Theatre poster depicting a pixilated image of a mouth within a white rectangle within a black blob. An irregular arrow outlined in bold red points to the mouth and there is a '7' within a black circle towards top centre of the poster. Lettering at the bottom of the poster is presented in irregular text boxes filled with a jumble of type sizes and styles.
Dimensions
  • Height: 86cm
  • Width: 58cm
Style
Post-Modern
Credit line
Given by the Design Museum
Subject depicted
Mouth (Physiological )
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.598-1998

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Record createdFebruary 21, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O190438/theatre-x-presents-pilgrims-of-poster-valicenti-rick/
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