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29: 196: 337:, he invited McMullan to join the organization. As of 2022, he had created more than 90 posters for Lincoln Center productions, many of which are included in the 1998 book 291:
in 1968; by 1974 he was a contributing editor, helping to develop its graphic personality. His most notable contribution to the publication was the artwork illustrating
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of each play, and he does it well in advance of ever having seen the production." In 2017, Mark Rozzo, in a profile of the artist for
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have collaborated on more than a dozen picture books for children.
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in 1987. In 2014 he published an illustrated autobiography called
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McMullan's first theatrical poster was for the 1976 production of
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for his consistently inspired artwork for the theater in 1991.
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from the article and its talk page, especially if potentially
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Leaving China: An Artist Paints His World War II Childhood
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When McMullan was 17, he and his mother emigrated to the
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McMullan began selling illustrations to the fledgling
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Hello World: The Body Speaks in the Drawings of Men
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