Puppet & Actor Theater

Work on Paper

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DePaul Art Museum

Name/Title

Puppet & Actor Theater

Entry/Object ID

2009.164

Description

This is a Polish theater poster advertising the play Warszawianka. On the left side of the poster is a white horse on its hind legs, and on the right side is the side profile of a woman looking upward with her mouth open. The background consists mostly of a peachy tone, with splashes of darker pink and orange. These inscriptions provide the name of the play (Warszawianka), director (Andrzej Chrzanowski) and others important to the production, and the theater itself (Teatr Wspolczesny). Theater Poster.

Artwork Details

Medium

Offset lithograph

Context

Not much is known about Byskiniewicz, even a first name could not be found. His poster is advertising the Polish play Warszawianka, which premiered November 29, 1980. While the contributing actors and director could be identified, not much is known about the play.

Acquisition

Notes

Collection of DePaul Art Museum, gift of Martin Rosenberg

Made/Created

Artist

K. Byskiniewicz

Date made

1970

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Country

Poland

Continent

Europe

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Location

TL

Transcription

INSCENIZACJA, ANDRZEJ CHRZANOWSKI

Material/Technique

ink in print

Type

Inscription

Location

TR

Transcription

TEATR WSPOLCZESNY, w szczecinie

Type

Inscription

Location

BL

Transcription

stanislaw wysplanski, WARSZAWIANKA

Type

Inscription

Location

BR

Transcription

anna janko, RZEZ LALEK

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), theater (discipline), theater arts, performing arts (discipline), arts (broad discipline), humanities, disciplines (concept)

Hierarchy Name

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

Facet

Objects Facet, Activities Facet

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Theater posters

Legacy Lexicon

Class

WORKS ON PAPER

Dimensions

Dimension Description

sheet

Width

38-1/4 in

Length

26-1/4 in