Charles Atlas

Hail the New Puritan
1986

A person with a whimsical expression, wearing a shirt and makeup with matching polka dot patterns, stands in front of a pink background with red dots. The individual is raising their fist in a playful manner, and their hair is styled in a curly fashion.
A person with a whimsical expression, wearing a shirt and makeup with matching polka dot patterns, stands in front of a pink background with red dots. The individual is raising their fist in a playful manner, and their hair is styled in a curly fashion.

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Date
1986

Classification
Film

Medium
16mm film, color, sound, 84:54 min., transferred to video

Accession number
2014.284

Edition
Edition open

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Film, Video, and New Media Committee and Catherine Orentreich in honor of Norman Orentreich

Rights and reproductions
Courtesy Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI), New York.

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