Object Details
- Designer
- Armin Hofmann, Swiss, b.1920
- Collector
- Dan Friedman, American, 1945–1995
- Photographer
- Merkle, probably Swiss
- Printer
- Wasserman A.G., Basel, Switzerland
- For
- Basler Freilichtspiele, Basel, Switzerland
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Poster for the ballet Giselle in the Basler Freilichtspiele (Basel Open-Air Theatre) in Rosenfeld Park. The word Giselle is printed vertically in large white text along the left side of the poster. A white blurred photographic image of a ballerina in mid-spin is reproduced on the right. In the upper left corner, the following is printed in white: Basler / Freilichtspiele / 1959 / 19.–31. August / im / Rosenfeldpark.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Ken Friedman
- 1959
- Accession Number
- 1997-19-142
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- graphic design
- Object Name
- Poster
- Type
- Poster
- Medium
- Offset lithograph on white wove paper
- Dimensions
- 127.6 x 90.2 cm (50 1/4 x 35 1/2 in. )
- made in
- Basel, Switzerland
- printed in
- Basel, Switzerland
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1997-19-142
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4ebffd348-33e4-4d00-a6e7-aad8570ac750
