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1967

  • Work on this object began.

1991

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

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Poster, Ben Turpin Cameo

This is a Poster. It is dated 1967 and we acquired it in 1991. Its medium is offset lithograph on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Gift of Peter Max.

Its dimensions are

91.4 x 61 cm (36 x 24 in.)

It is inscribed

Signed at LR in pen and black ink:MAX; inscribed in graphite at LL: 101/ 5000; imprinted in purple ink at LC:peter max; at LR in black ink: 3 Ben Turpin Cameo/ 1967 PETER MAX POSTER CORP.,N.Y.C./ All Rights Reserved Lithoin U.S.A.

Cite this object as

Poster, Ben Turpin Cameo; USA; offset lithograph on paper; 91.4 x 61 cm (36 x 24 in.); Gift of Peter Max; 1991-69-41

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