Poster for a Lena Horne performance at the Olympia Music Hall: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

This poster advertises Lena Horne's appearance at the Olympia Music Hall in Paris, France from August 23 to September 11. The poster is has a green background with white, green and purple text against contrasting color fields. Across the top margin is text that reads "L'Olympia/ votre Music-Hall!" in white lettering against a purple oval. Beneath is a large purple rectangle with white text that reads "La Grande Vedette Internationale/ LENA/ HORNE." There is a white margin around the poster's edge.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1954
• Printed by: Unidentified
• Subject of: Lena Horne, American, 1917 - 2010
• Subject of: Bruno Coquatrix, French, 1910 - 1979
• Subject of: Maurice Baquet, French, 1911 - 2005
• Subject of: Paul Steffen
• Subject of: Jean Constantin, French, 1923 - 1997
• Type: posters
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: Framed: 23 7/8 x 16 7/16 x 1/2 in. (60.6 x 41.8 x 1.3 cm)
• Dimensions: L x W (Image): 22 3/4 x 15 1/2 in. (57.8 x 39.4 cm)
• Place used: Paris, Île-de-France, France, Europe
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Actors
• Topic: Entertainers
• Topic: Jazz (Music)
• Topic: Mass media
• Topic: Musical Theatre
• Topic: Popular music
• Topic: Singers (Musicians)
• Object number: 2011.27.9.1
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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