Help ID poster

I picked this poster up at a local estate sale. I tried to do some research online but I could not identify this poster. I found some other department of twentieth century art metropolitan museum posters but the ones I found were from 1970 on up. This is dated 1966. Can anyone help me identify this poster? Thanks for any information.

 

Not sure if this helps :

https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/66.244.1-.25/

 

I'd say that all the information you need is on the poster itself. It's not dated 1966; it features a piece of art that was acquired by the museum in 1966. May also be the date of the poster but may not. If someone knows the code the Met uses for its posters, you'll be able to confirm or not the 1966 date.

Debora

 

Here's the Art Nouveau mural itself. Your poster appears quite faded in comparison.

Debora

 

The Wisteria Room was in storage for 40 years and only installed and opened to the public in 2007, according to this. So your poster would likely date to then, I'd think.

https://www.metmuseum.org/press/new...-20thcentury-european-paintings-and-sculpture

Debora

 

In the link I posted above it Shows :


Credit line : Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1966

The Same date your poster is saying

 

All items were received in 1910-14 or do I read that wrong?

 

The line "Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1966" is museum speak. It tells us what monies were used by the Met to purchase the Wisteria Room and when it was purchased. And then, for 40 year, from 1966 until 2007, the museum held it in storage. The room itself and the contents were, according to the press release, "conceived as a unified whole and were created in 1910-14..." which is, of course, the Art Nouveau period. Given this, it's more than likely that the poster dates to 2007 when the room was first available for public viewing at the Met. It does appear to be badly faded, however, which would effect resale value (if that is the intention.)

Debora

 

Thanks all for the info and links!

 

That is stunning.

 

There must be an interesting story about how it came to Met. Slated for destruction or some such.

Debora

 

There usually is, and destruction of the building is often the reason.

 

Yes, of course. Tastes change. (And not always for the better.)

Debora