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JAMES McMULLAN
James McMullan is an author and illustrator but is best known as a poster artist.
His illustrations have appeared in Esquire, Rolling Stone, Time, and New York
Magazine. Since 1986 he has been the exclusive poster designer for the Lincoln
Center Theater and has designed more than 50 of their posters. This is the first
time his original poster art has come to auction.
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JAMES McMULLAN.
“Dinner at Eight.”Watercolor on paper with acetate overlays hand-lettered in gouache.
298x146 mm; 11
3
/
4
x5
3
/
4
inches, image. Signed in image, lower left. Final poster design for
the Lincoln Center Theater play by George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber, directed by
Gerald Guierrez, 2002. Archivally matted and framed. Society of Illustrators exhibition
label and artist’s bookplate on verso.
[6,000/9,000]
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JAMES McMULLAN.
“Nothing But the Truth.”Watercolor on paper with acetate overlays hand-lettered in
gouache. 368x228 mm; 14
1
/
2
x9 inches, image. Signed in image, lower right. Final poster
design for the Lincoln Center Theater play by John Kani, directed by Janice Honeyman,
2003. Archivally matted and framed.
[4,000/6,000]
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JAMES McMULLAN.
“King Lear.”Watercolor on paper with acetate overlays hand-lettered in gouache. 343x242
mm; 13
1
/
2
x9
1
/
2
inches, image. Signed in image, lower right. Final poster design for the
Lincoln Center Theater play byWilliam Shakespeare, directed by Jonathan Miller, starring
Christopher Plummer as Lear, 2004.Archivally matted and framed. Society of Illustrators
exhibition label on verso.
[4,000/6,000]
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JAMES McMULLAN.
“The House in Town.” Watercolor on paper with acetate overlays hand-lettered in
gouache. 17x9
3
/
4
inches, image. Signed in image, lower right. Final poster design for the
Lincoln Center Theater performance of the play by Richard Greenberg, directed by Doug
Hughes, 2006.Taped to matte along edges.
[4,000/6,000]