Ludzie Cyrku / Circus Life

Work on Paper

DePaul Art Museum

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

2006.127

Description

Polish poster for the film Ludzie Cyrku. Atop a dark blue background are three figural trapeze artists. One hangs from a trapeze swing, while the other stands on a swing in the bottom half of the composition. Text of the title forms the largest trapeze swing bar, which the largest figure is about to catch onto and swing toward the audience.

Artwork Details

Medium

Offset lithograph

Acquisition

Notes

Collection of DePaul University, gift of Martin and Patricia Rosenberg

Made/Created

Artist

WojciechWenzel

Date made

circa 1950

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Country

Poland

Continent

Europe

Notes

Europe Poland Europe, Poland

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Label

Location

BRC verso

Transcription

Circus Life 22

Material/Technique

"Circus Life" In blue ink; "22" in black

Type

Inscription

Location

Transcription

ludzie cyrku

Type

Inscription

Location

Transcription

REZYSERIA L. KRISTI

Type

Inscription

Location

Vertical R

Transcription

barwny. panoramiczny film produkcji radzieckiej

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Poster

Nomenclature Class

Advertising Media

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Getty AAT

Concept

posters, information artifacts, information forms (objects)

Hierarchy Name

Information Forms (hierarchy name), Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name)

Facet

Objects Facet

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Film posters, Circus performers

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Poster

Class

WORKS ON PAPER

Dimensions

Dimension Description

sheet

Width

26 in

Length

36 in

Dimension Description

image

Width

22-3/4 in

Length

33-1/4 in