Mistrzi I Malgorzata (Master and Margaret)

Work on Paper

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DePaul Art Museum

Name/Title

Mistrzi I Malgorzata (Master and Margaret)

Entry/Object ID

2009.167

Description

This is a Polish theater poster advertising the play Mistrzi I Malgorzata. The composition consists mainly of grey and brown tones, featuring the quarter profiles of a man and woman (Jesus and Margaret, characters from the Bible) who are both wrapped in a crown of thorns. In the top center is text naming the theater (Teatr Dramatyczny im. J.Szaniawskiego w Plocku) and in the bottom right corner in a banner is the title of the play. Theater Poster.

Artwork Details

Medium

Offset lithograph

Context

The Rosenberg Collection notes that, “The 1970’s saw a painterly emphasis and increasing influence from outside of Warsaw. The Wroclaw Four reflected the new emerging artists; Jan Jaromir Aleksiun, Jerzy Czerniawski, Eugeniusz Get Stankiewicz and Jan Sawka. Their approach included more irony, paradox and symbolism.” The manuscript from which the play was adapted concerns a visit by the devil to the Soviet Union, an officially atheistic government, using satire, dark comedy, and religious themes. The work is multifaceted, tackling the Soviet’s atheistic campaigns, perspectives on morality, and the oppression experienced by Soviet creatives.

Acquisition

Notes

Collection of DePaul University, gift of Martin Rosenberg

Made/Created

Artist

Jan Jaromir Aleksiun

Date made

1981

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Country

Poland

Continent

Europe

Notes

Polish Europe, Poland

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Location

TC

Transcription

Teatr Dramatyczny im. J.Szaniawskiego w Plocku

Material/Technique

ink in print

Type

Inscription

Location

BRC

Transcription

[signature]

Material/Technique

ink in print

Type

Inscription

Location

BR

Transcription

Mistrzi I Malgorzata

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

26-1/4 in

Length

36-7/8 in