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Original poster printed on the occasion of the Metropolitan Opera’s 1981 production of Parade, a triple-bill of short French pieces directed by John Dexter, for which David Hockney designed sets and costumes. The pieces included Satie’s ”Parade,” Poulenc’s ”Les Mamelles de Tiresias” and Ravel’s ”L’Enfant et les Sortileges.” This work captures Hockney’s inventive poster-art set for Parade. Here, one of the tumblers stands on his hands behind a striped ladder. The whimsy of this scene is enhanced by rainbow-colored, hand-painted text.
Erik Satie’s “Parade” originally debuted in Paris in 1912, written by Jean Cocteau, and with costumes by Pablo Picasso. Featuring a troupe of carnival performers, it was panned for its avant-garde use of sound effects, bizarre costumes, and surreal plot.
Text reads: “Parade, Metropolitan Opera, New York, 1981”
Poster measures 38 x 24 in. / 96.5 x 61 cm
Condition: some dimples in the sheet as documented
