The Front Page
Artist
James McMullan
United States, born 1934
Date1987
MediumOffset Lithograph
Dimensions82 x 41 1/2 in. (208.3 x 105.4 cm)
ClassificationsPoster
Credit LineGift of Mirko Ilić
Object numberPH.6286
DescriptionThis design for The Front Page grew from a moment Jim McMullan imagined while reading the play: the tough-talking journalist barking the details of a criminal case into a phone. This was McMullan’s second composition for Lincoln Center Theater, and stands apart from other images in his oeuvre because of the heavy black ink that defines the figure. Some of the lettering in the lower register was created with a round-tipped Speedball calligraphy pen—a vintage production technique that would have been popular during the period presented in the play.On View
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