Madama Butterfly Metropolitan Opera / Larry Rivers. – Vintage Wall Art
![Madama Butterfly Metropolitan Opera / Larry Rivers., [New York] : Circle Gallery, c1978. — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/cf/cf4c8105ade2-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This vintage poster of Madama Butterfly Metropolitan Opera / Larry Rivers. brings a moment of history to your wall. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Madama Butterfly Metropolitan Opera / Larry Rivers.
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Larry Rivers, the painter and collagist known for his loose, gestural figuration, brought his hand to this promotional poster for the Metropolitan Opera's production of Puccini's Madama Butterfly. Printed in color by the Circle Gallery in New York around 1978, the poster ties a 19th-century Japanese-set tragedy to the Met's late-1970s season, when the house was promoting its standing repertory to a wide audience. Rivers's design departs from the stiff illustration typical of opera advertising, and it is worth noticing how a Pop-adjacent artist of his generation approached a century-old story of cultural misunderstanding and abandonment.
| Created / published | [New York] : Circle Gallery, c1978. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print (poster) : halftone, color. |
| Genre | Theatrical posters American 1970-1980.Halftone photomechanical prints Color 1970-1980. |
| Notes | Copyright by Circle Gallery/Met Opera. Promotional goal: U.S. K750. 1978. |
| Subjects | Puccini, Giacomo,--1858-1924. Madama Butterfly. Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)--1970-1980. Operas & operettas--New York (State)--New York--1970-1980. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,050 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-152105 |
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