Hamlet

Work on Paper

DePaul Art Museum

Name/Title

Hamlet

Entry/Object ID

2011.44

Description

Theatre poster for William Shakespeare's "Hamlet", depicting a red wooden throne with cage below containing a rabbit.

Artwork Details

Medium

Photomechanical print

Subject Person

William Shakespeare

Context

This poster was donated as part of the Rosenberg Poster Collection. The Rosenbergs specifically built a collection of post-World War II posters, a period during which Eastern European art experienced a surge in innovative graphic design, particularly in advertising for cultural events such as ballets, theater, and film. Despite being unable to find information on the process of acquiring the posters, it is easy to tell that the Rosenberg family was passionate about the acquisition, care for, and final donation of their cultivated collaboration on unique and curated works.

Acquisition

Notes

Collection of DePaul Art Museum, gift of Patricia Rosenberg

Made/Created

Artist

Andrzej Pagowski

Date made

1985

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Country

Poland

Continent

Europe

Notes

Europe Poland

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Location

R: TR

Transcription

"Teatr Ochoty-William Shakespeare/Hamlet"

Location

R: BL vertically

Transcription

"A. Pagowski 390"

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

Posters, Theater posters, Theaters

Dimensions

Dimension Description

overall

Width

26 in

Length

38 in