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A masked performer gestures his hands, wearing bright green garb, a long hat, and jaunty black shoes with white socks. Hockney paints in loose strokes of color: garnet, sapphire, bright yellow, and emerald green. This vintage David Hockney poster features a detail from Pulcinella With Applause. Pulcinella is an important character in Southern Italian puppetry, a lively jester whose alternate helplessness and cunning lead to victory over all obstacles. The character usually has a leather mask with a long nose, as seen here. This poster was designed by David Hockney for the Young Playwrights Festival held in New York in 1982 and sponsored by the Dramatists Guild Fund.
