Mixed-media collage on illustration board, 1976. 760x1015 mm; 29 7/8x40 inches. With Indiana's name and address, verso.
The original maquette for the same-title poster for the Pop opera about suffragist Susan B. Anthony, with music written by Virgil Thomson and text by Gertrude Stein. This poster design was for a 1976 production at the Santa Fe Opera celebrating the U.S. Bicentennial. Indiana also designed costumes and sets for the production.
With-- Group of 5 color lithographs on Arches rag paper from The Mother of Us All, 1977. Each 457x356 mm; 18x14 inches, full margins. Each artist's proofs, aside from the edition of 150. Each signed, dated and numbered "XXI/XXVI AP" in pencil, lower margin. Each printed by Mourlot, Paris. Each intended for publication by Leon Amiel, New York. Sheehan 96, 98, 102, 104 and 105 * Related ephemera including The Mother of Us All, offset color lithograph poster, 4 impressions, 1976, the soundtrack album slipcase and numerous annotated photographs.
All a gift from the artist directly to the current owner.
