Extra : Art Facts, Bianchini Gallery Presents The American Penny Machine
  • poster
  • offset-printed
  • black-and-white
  • 57 x 41.8 cm.
  • [1] pp.
  • edition size unknown
  • unsigned and unnumbered

Extra : Art Facts, Bianchini Gallery Presents The American Penny Machine

Extra : Art Facts, Bianchini Gallery Presents The American Penny Machine

description

Folded poster published in conjunction with show of a collection of penny machines from the turn of the 19th century held at Bianchini Gallery, New York, May 19 - June 9, [1964]. Styled after the front page of a newspaper the poster advertises both the exhibition opening and the opening afterparty held at Broadway Arcade Inc. on 52nds Street and Broadway, the largest Penny Arcade in New York. Multiple "ads" and "articles" repeat the same message with various different wordings, fonts, and sizes.

$200.00
Condition:  Good. Mailed copy with mailing marks and wear, folded in four as issued. Yellowing of newsprint due to age. 5 mm., 1.9 cm., and 6 mm. areas of loss to edges and six tears to edges ranging in size from 1 mm. to 5 mm and a 3 mm. tear at center of poster.
[Object # 25501]