Paul Davis Posters at Public Theater

The Public Theater in New York City has installed “Posters for Papp,” an ongoing exhibition of Paul Davis’s artwork for the theater company and its founder, Joseph Papp.

Between 1975 and 1991, Mr. Davis, who lives in Sag Harbor and New York, created 51 posters for productions at the theater’s Astor Place home, the Delacorte Theater in Central Park, and the theater’s residencies at Lincoln Center and on Broadway.

The first commission was for a poster of Sam Waterston as Hamlet. Subsequent works included “The Pirates of Penzance” with Kevin Kline, “The Cherry Orchard” with Irene Worth and Meryl Streep, and “The Threepenny Opera” with Raul Julia. Mr. Davis served as art director for the company from 1984 until Papp’s death in 1991.

Mr. Davis’s work has appeared in most major U.S. publications, including Time, Rolling Stone, The New York Times, The New Yorker, Fast Company, and Worth. He has had numerous one-man exhibitions in galleries and museums throughout Europe, the United States, and Japan.