Name/Title
Jazz Nad OdraEntry/Object ID
2011.48Description
Jazz poster showing a man in a blue checkered suit sits in a green chair, facing to the right. On the right, there is a yellow trumpet standing up with flowers in the mouthpiece on black background. This all is placed on top of a depiction of a wooden floor. The remainder of the background in black, with the inscription written in orange at the top of the poster.Artwork Details
Medium
Photomechanical printContext
Jan Sawka is definitely the most well-known and prolific artist among the Polish Poster School group held at DPAM. The “Polish Poster School” was a group of artists who not only used posters as a medium for artist expression but for general expression as well. Artists in the Polish Poster School used painterly techniques and intense symbolism in order to place their posters in the context of fine art as well as politically charged art. Sawka was not only a graphic artist, but an architect, painter, sculptor and more. His creative innovations held wide influence, and Sawka has an extensive exhibition and publication history that continues through to today.Acquisition
Notes
Collection of DePaul Art Museum, gift of Martin RosenbergEthnography
Cultural Region
Country
PolandContinent
EuropeInscription/Signature/Marks
Location
R: TLNotes
Inscription Type: "Jazz Nad Odra"Location
R: TCNotes
Inscription Type: "Wroclaw 1978"Location
R: TRNotes
Inscription Type: "Jazz on Odra River"Location
R: CL verticallyNotes
Inscription Type: "Jan Sawka"Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Poster, MusicNomenclature Primary Object Term
PosterNomenclature Class
Advertising MediaNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsGetty AAT
Concept
posters, information artifacts, information forms (objects)Hierarchy Name
Information Forms (hierarchy name), Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name)Facet
Objects FacetLOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials
Jazz, Music festivalsDimensions
Dimension Description
overallWidth
27 inLength
38 in