La Pologne, Paradis des pecheurs (Poland Invites You to a Fisherman's Guide)

Work on Paper

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DePaul Art Museum

Name/Title

La Pologne, Paradis des pecheurs (Poland Invites You to a Fisherman's Guide)

Entry/Object ID

2008.95

Description

A travel poster advertising for Poland showing a bearded man wearing a black hat with fishing lures in the brim presenting a large fish in his arms and text at the top.

Artwork Details

Medium

Offset lithograph

Subject Place

Country

Poland

Continent

Europe

Context

This poster was one of over 300 designed by Gorka and is promoting fishing tourism in Poland. Gorka also designed book and magazine covers, as well as commercial logos and prints. Gorka moved to Mexico in 1970, where he taught drawing and poster design until the mid-1990’s and received awards for his contribution to the graphic arts of Mexico. Gorka’s most famous work is the design for Bob Fosse’s 1973 film Cabaret.

Acquisition

Notes

Collection of DePaul University, gift of Martin Rosenberg

Made/Created

Artist

Wiktor Gorka

Date made

1967

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Country

Poland

Continent

Europe

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Location

verso TL

Transcription

11 11AC

Material/Technique

red pigment

Type

Inscription

Location

verso BR

Transcription

Polish Stamp

Material/Technique

Ink

Notes

4 x 5 in.

Type

Inscription

Location

TC

Transcription

“La POLOGNE”

Translation

Poland

Type

Inscription

Location

TC

Transcription

Paradis Des Pecheurs!

Translation

Fisherman's Paradise

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

Travel posters, Posters, Fishing industry

Dimensions

Dimension Description

sheet

Width

26-1/2 in

Length

38-1/2 in

Dimension Description

Linen

Width

26-1/2 in

Length

41-1/2 in