This film poster shows the silhouette of a woman with a hat, butterfly, and flower layered on top. This is for the Polish film “I Was a Stupid Girl”
Artwork Details
Medium
Photomechanical print
Subject
Polish film poster
Context
The artist Maciej Hibner is one of the leading artists of the Polish Poster School whose designs are highly collectable and sought after. Hibner studied at the University of Fine arts in Warsaw, Poland and graduated in 1955. His classmates included many of the artists of the Polish Poster School, along with the movement’s founding father, Professor Henryk Tomaszewski. Hibner is still creating art and had a long career as a poster designer and spent five years as in-house poster designer for LOT airlines.
Acquisition
Notes
Collection of DePaul Art Museum, gift of Patricia Rosenberg
Made/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Hibner, Maciej
Role
Graphic Artist
Date made
1966
Ethnography
Cultural Region
Country
Poland, Hungary
Continent
Europe
Inscription/Signature/Marks
Type
Inscription
Location
V: BL
Transcription
Printed in Poland
Language
English
Material/Technique
stamp
Notes
Stamped in purple
Location
R: TC
Transcription
Bylam glupia dziewczyna
Language
Polish
Translation
I was a stupid girl
Location
R: TR
Transcription
Produkcja Mefilm"
Language
Polish
Translation
Mefilm production
Type
Inscription
Location
TL
Transcription
“ komedia filmowa z zycia aktorow“
Language
Polish
Translation
“Hungarian film comedy from the actors' lives”
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)
Hierarchy Name
Information Forms (hierarchy name), Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name)
Facet
Objects Facet
LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials
Film industry (Motion pictures), Posters, Graphic design
