The Shadowlight Theatre – Vintage Wall Art
(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.)
Description
A window into the past: The Shadowlight Theatre, preserved in this vintage poster. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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The Shadowlight Theatre
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The Shadowlight theater poster stands out for its designer, Milton Glaser, who in 1964 was among the leading figures in American graphic design through his work with Push Pin Studios. Push Pin favored lively illustration and bold color over the photographic realism common in commercial posters of the period, and this color lithograph reflects that approach. Shadow theater, which tells stories through backlit silhouettes, is a fitting subject for a design built on strong contrast. The caption card data for this record is unverified, so details of the production itself should be checked against period sources.
| Created / published | 1964 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color. |
| Notes | Poster by Milton Glaser. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Theater; Shadows; Publ. Ind.; Posters. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,118 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-149693 |
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