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1996	Work on this object began.
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Poster, Nude Nude Totally Nude

This is a Poster. It was designed by Paula Scher and made for (as the client) New York Public Theater. It is dated 1996 and we acquired it in 1997. Its medium is offset lithograph on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

In this theater poster, two startling eyes fill the width of the page. Printed in red, the eyes force the rest of the face to recede into the background. Scher uses scale and color to amplify the poster’s arresting gaze.

This object was donated by Pentagram. It is credited Gift of Pentagram.

Print, Der Küss (The Kiss), from Pan, vol. 4, no. 2, 1898

Print, Der Küss (The Kiss), from Pan, vol. 4, no. 2, 1898
woodcut on thin cream japan paper.
Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund.
2005-13-1

Poster, Do Women Have to be Naked to Get into the Met. Museum?

Poster, Do Women Have to be Naked to Get into the Met. Museum?
photo-offset lithograph on paper.
Gift of Sara and Marc Benda.
2009-20-2

Poster, John Lennon
offset lithograph on white wove paper.
Gift of Various Donors.
1981-29-511

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Eyes On Me Piercing, from Gold Vein Fall / Winter 2014 collection
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Courtesy of Delfina Delettrez.
24.2015.10a,b

A visitor stands in front of an interactive screen. The screen, vertical in orientation, is centered in the image and is surrounded by thin pillar-like objects creating a non-uniform striped background. The screen is displaying a composite image of the viewer by way of a live projection via a camera. The camera is subtly positioned beside the vertical screen on its left. Instead of a normal projection, the image displayed is distorted by super-imposing random images of eyes, nose, and lips of other subjects. This creates a caricature rendition of the visitor being captured. The visitor, standing in front of the screen to the right of the image, is slightly out of focus, drawing the viewer’s focus towards the interactive screen displaying the unique facial rendition.

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Triple Anatomik Ring, from Fall / Winter 2015 collection

Triple Anatomik Ring, from Fall / Winter 2015 collection
gold, white diamonds, blue sapphires, black diamonds, cognac diamonds, rubies.
Courtesy of Delfina Delettrez.
24.2015.1a/c

Its dimensions are

H x W: 119.2 × 75.9 cm (46 15/16 × 29 7/8 in.)

Cite this object as

Poster, Nude Nude Totally Nude; Designed by Paula Scher (American, b. 1948); Client: New York Public Theater; USA; offset lithograph on paper; H x W: 119.2 × 75.9 cm (46 15/16 × 29 7/8 in.); Gift of Pentagram; 1997-99-3

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition How Posters Work.

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/2DBJH/
Accession Number 1997-99-3
Object ID 18655857