Ambassador

Work on Paper

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DePaul Art Museum

Name/Title

Ambassador

Entry/Object ID

2009.180

Description

This is a theatre poster for a production put on by the Wanda Siemaszkowa Theatre in Rzeszów. It depicts a male figure with a rudimentary red circle drawn over his face, with two horns appearing out of the top. The man is formally dressed and drawn in an illustrated manner. The title, Ambassador, is situated above the man. Underneath is the artists name, and above the title encased within a black border, is the theatre’s name.

Artwork Details

Medium

Offset lithograph

Acquisition

Notes

Collection of DePaul Art Museum, gift of Patricia Rosenberg

Made/Created

Artist

Krzysztof Motyka,

Date made

1988

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Country

Poland

Continent

Europe

Notes

Europe Polish

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Location

TC

Transcription

Teatr im. Wandy Siemaszkowey w Rzeszowie Ambasador Slawomir Mrozek

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Poster, Theater

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

Theater posters

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Poster

Class

WORKS ON PAPER

Dimensions

Dimension Description

sheet

Width

22-3/4 in

Length

33 in