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Mo' Better Blues

SURF-CHWCONTEMP2026V1R0036·Poster·1990·United States

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Alt text: Mo' Better Blues. Poster, 1990, United States, Art Sims; Art Sims (Designer); 11:24 Design (Firm); Universal Pictures (Company); Spike Lee (Director of Production); Spike Lee (Producer); Spike Lee (Author); 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks (Producer). — from catalogue fields, for readers and machines; not an interpretive caption.

03Catalogue metadata

Designer / studioArt Sims; Art Sims (Designer); 11:24 Design (Firm); Universal Pictures (Company); Spike Lee (Director of Production); Spike Lee (Producer); Spike Lee (Author); 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks (Producer)

Date1990

Year1990

PlaceUnited States

Object typePoster

ThemeMidcentury modern graphic communication

MovementNot recorded

05Source · Citation · Provenance

Source

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Source institution: Cooper Hewitt Collection GraphQL API
Original record: Mo' Better Blues Open
Access: Captured 2026-07-31 · frozen snapshot at acquisition

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Modern Graphic Design Archive. “Mo' Better Blues”, Art Sims; Art Sims (Designer); 11:24 Design (Firm); Universal Pictures (Company); Spike Lee (Director of Production); Spike Lee (Producer); Spike Lee (Author); 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks (Producer), 1990. United States. Poster. Record SURF-CHWCONTEMP2026V1R0036. https://mgdarchive.com/surfaces/SURF-CHWCONTEMP2026V1R0036

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Record status: Public record
Release: v49 — current public release (sealed)
Source verification: Verified source
Last verified: 2026, with the v49 freeze

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