Poster for Negro Ensemble Company performances at the 1972 Olympic Festival

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Poster for performances of the plays "The Dream On Monkey Mountain" and "The Sty of the Blind Pig" by the Negro Ensemble Company at the 1972 Olympic Festival in Munich, Germany. The poster's background is dominated by a large black silhouette on a white background. On the bottom half, at left, is an image of two men, who appear to be singing. Both men are wearing hats. The man on the left is wearing a shirt with white & blue stars; the man on the right is wearing a red and white striped shirt. White text on the top half of the poster reads "Olympischer Sommer / Kunstprogramm / Gastspiel vom 31.7. bis 6.8.1972 / die Gert von Gontard-Foundation bringt / The Negro Ensemble Company, New York / The Dream On Monkey / Mountain / von Derek Walcott / The Sty Of The Blind Pig / von Phillip Hayes Dean / Münchner Kammerspiele / Schauspielhaus."

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