John Waters

Visit Marfa
2003

Vintage-style travel poster with vibrant colors advertising a trip to Marfa, Texas. Features cartoonish illustrations of a family smiling, various playful slogans like "See Donald Judd's bed!" and "Eat food all the same color!", and humorous activities such as a "Carl Andre look-a-like contest" and "Rigorous bonfires!" The central text "Take the whole family to Marfa Texas" is prominently displayed in bold, yellow letters against a red background. The poster includes a tagline referring to Marfa as "The Jonestown of Minimalism" and offers a chance to "Win a date with John Chamberlain." The bottom notes the poster is printed by Globe Poster Printing Corp. in 2003.
Vintage-style travel poster with vibrant colors advertising a trip to Marfa, Texas. Features cartoonish illustrations of a family smiling, various playful slogans like "See Donald Judd's bed!" and "Eat food all the same color!", and humorous activities such as a "Carl Andre look-a-like contest" and "Rigorous bonfires!" The central text "Take the whole family to Marfa Texas" is prominently displayed in bold, yellow letters against a red background. The poster includes a tagline referring to Marfa as "The Jonestown of Minimalism" and offers a chance to "Win a date with John Chamberlain." The bottom notes the poster is printed by Globe Poster Printing Corp. in 2003.

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Date
2003

Classification
Prints

Medium
Offset lithograph

Dimensions
Sheet: 29 7/16 × 21 15/16in. (74.8 × 55.7 cm) Image: 28 1/16 × 20 7/16in. (71.3 × 51.9 cm)

Accession number
2012.83

Edition
48/100

Publication
Printed by Globe Poster Printing Corp.; published by John Waters

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Print Committee

Rights and reproductions
© John Waters

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