Diablo Z Loudun

Work on Paper

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DePaul Art Museum

Name/Title

Diablo Z Loudun

Entry/Object ID

2011.46

Description

A devil-like horned figure outlined in black silhouette. Two hands in white, that could be his or the hands of another figure, are grasping out near the bottom of the poster. The facial features of the figure are highlighted in pink and blue hues. The inscription is on the bottom of the poster in the same pink and blue hues. Theater.

Artwork Details

Medium

Photomechanical print

Context

Cieslewicz was Polish born but French national graphic artist, illustrator, and photographer, however, unlike the previous artists, he did not attend the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, instead, he attended the School of Artistic Industry in Lvov, Krakow’s Fine Art Lycee, and Krakow Academy of Fine Arts, so he was quite well educated. Cieslewicz was another of the more prominent figures within the Polish Poster School, as his work has been widely exhibited and written about, with one of the most significant instances being his inclusion in a MOMA exhibit. 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 (https://www.projekt26.com/polish-school-of-posters-intro?srsltid=AfmBOoqcku03mzYV459gzeAJ1nz1r2niFfKyF4gNE1XDyHuPMMPX2y3N).[E.B]

Acquisition

Notes

Collection of DePaul Art Museum, gift of Patricia Rosenberg

Made/Created

Artist

Cieslewicz, Roman

Date made

1974

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Country

Poland

Continent

Europe

Notes

Europe Poland

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Location

R: w/n print BR edge

Notes

Inscription Type: [Artist signature]

Location

R: BC

Notes

Inscription Type: "Diably z Loudun"

Location

R: BL

Notes

Inscription Type: "Krzysztof Penderecki"

Location

R: BR

Notes

Inscription Type: "Teatr Wielki"

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

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

overall

Width

26-1/4 in

Length

38 in