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Issued by:
Touchstone Pictures, American, founded 1984  Search this
Subject of:
Whoopi Goldberg, American, born 1955  Search this
Medium:
ink on paper
Dimensions:
H x W x D: 39 15/16 × 27 1/16 in. (101.4 × 68.7 cm)
Type:
posters
Date:
1992
Description:
A theatrical release poster for the feature film "Sister Act." The recto of the poster features Whoopi Goldberg wearing a black nun's habit with a black and white wimple, red high heels and round sunglasses. She is standing second in a line of seven nuns in all white habits and black shoes, standing with their backs to the camera. Goldberg faces the camera and is leaning her proper left elbow on the on the proper left shoulder of the nun in the foreground. Goldberg's proper right hand rests on her proper right hip. She looks at the camera over the top of her sunglasses. Goldberg is standing with her proper left foot crossed in front of her proper right foot. At the top of poster in gray, bold text is Goldberg's name [WHOOPI]. In the lower half on the left side in black and red text is the film's tag line and title [No Sex. / No Booze. / No Men. / No Way. / SISTER / ACT]. At the bottom of the poster in dark gray text is the billing block. The verso of the poster is the mirror image of the recto.
Topic:
African American  Search this
Actors  Search this
Advertising  Search this
Comedy  Search this
Film  Search this
Mass media  Search this
Music  Search this
Religion  Search this
Singers (Musicians)  Search this
Women  Search this
Credit Line:
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Kathleen M. Kendrick
Object number:
2015.64.1
Restrictions & Rights:
© Touchstone Pictures
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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Classification:
Memorabilia and Ephemera-Advertisements
Data Source:
National Museum of African American History and Culture
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5fde03e57-62cf-4ca6-8537-3ea527bf875e
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmaahc_2015.64.1