Press release
New exhibit now open and will run through December 31st at the LeFlore County Musuem.
Open Tuesday through Saturday, 11 to 3.
The LeFlore County Museum at Hotel Lowrey presents a vintage black light poster graphics exhibit “Art by the People – For the People” from the private collection of Roberta Bell, who graduated from Poteau High School in 1960 and currently resides in Poteau.
Founded in 1967, Allan and Roberta Bell Ehrlich’s Third Eye Inc. published approximately 100 blacklight posters featuring original artwork, and 100 non-black light posters; fold-up sculpture, wallpaper and greeting cards. The Third Eye published licensed reproductions of Marvel superhero artwork re-colored with fluorescent inks.
The Third Eye’s original goal was to sell these museum quality posters as accessible artwork for $1 each to wholesalers. Their posters generally sold for $2 in retail stores. Today The Third Eye posters sell for $500-$1000each.
Celebrating the 51st Anniversary of the black light poster phenomenon, a total of about 30 framed graphics and numerous Marvel Comic greeting cards will be on display along with glowing miniatures in a “full black light environment” in the Arlene LeMaster Gallery room.
This exhibit is free to the public.
For additional information about the exhibit, please contact Director Bonnie Prigmore at 918-647-9330.
To speak with the artist and to learn more about The Third Eye or the art movement of the 60s and 70s, please call the Ehrlich family at 828-242-6618.
The LeFlore County Museum is located at Hotel Lowrey at 303 Dewey Avenue in Poteau, Oklahoma.
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