The Sensational Houdini Water Torture Escape

Title (Dublin Core): The Sensational Houdini Water Torture Escape
Identifier (Dublin Core): PPS_3
creator (VRA Ontology): Chwast, Seymour
Type (Dublin Core): posters
date created (VRA Ontology): 1975
designed for (VRA Ontology): Mobil
height (VRA Ontology): 44 15/16 in. (114.1 cm.)
width (VRA Ontology): 30 in. (76.2 cm.)
description (VRA Ontology): "During the 1970s and 1980s, Chwast designed posters, ads, and supporting materials for several 'Mobil Showcase' television programs. After the success of The Magic Show, which ran for over four years on Broadway, magician Doug Henning agreed to recreate Houdini’s water torture escape on live television. The typography and design of the poster referenced the Victorian era." - Seymour Chwast Archive
Subject (Dublin Core): Magic; Henning, Doug; Mobil Oil Corporation
place of repository (VRA Ontology): Cooper-Hewitt Museum
Rights (Dublin Core): In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted