King Lear

Work on Paper

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DePaul Art Museum

Name/Title

King Lear

Entry/Object ID

2011.42

Description

This is a theatre poster for King Lear. It features a blue background, and a scruffy hairy-faced man with stone on his head.

Artwork Details

Medium

Photomechanical print

Subject

King Lear

Subject Person

William Shakespeare

Context

Jerzy Czerniawski is an awarded artist in the Polish Poster School. 4 of his works are held by the MoMA and he was featured in the 2009 exhibition, Polish Posters. Amongst his numerous awards are the Silver Plaque at the International Film Festival in Chicago in 1981.

Acquisition

Notes

Collection of DePaul Art Museum, gift of Patricia Rosenberg

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Jerzy Czerniawski

Role

Graphic Artist

Manufacturer

Municipal Theaters Osnabrück

Date made

1981

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Country

Germany

Continent

Europe

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Signature

Location

R

Transcription

J Czerniawski 1981

Language

German

Type

Inscription

Location

R: TL

Transcription

"Tragodie von William Shakespeare"

Language

German

Translation

Tragedy by William Shakespeare

Type

Inscription

Location

R: TR

Transcription

Deutsch von Geong Herwegh

Language

German

Translation

German by Geong Herwegh

Type

Inscription

Location

R: BC

Transcription

Premiere am 20 September 1981/Stadtische Buhnen Osnabruck

Language

German

Translation

Premiere on September 20, 1981/Municipal Theaters Osnabrück

Type

Inscription

Location

Top

Transcription

King Lear

Language

English

Lexicon

Getty AAT

Concept

posters, information artifacts, information forms (objects), 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

Dimensions

Dimension Description

overall

Width

23-1/4 in

Length

33-1/2 in