La Pologne, Paradis des pecheurs (Poland Invites You to a Fisherman's Guide)
Entry/Object ID
2008.95
Description
A travel poster advertising for Poland showing a bearded man wearing a black hat with fishing lures in the brim presenting a large fish in his arms and text at the top.
Artwork Details
Medium
Offset lithograph
Subject Place
Country
Poland
Continent
Europe
Context
This poster was one of over 300 designed by Gorka and is promoting fishing tourism in Poland. Gorka also designed book and magazine covers, as well as commercial logos and prints. Gorka moved to Mexico in 1970, where he taught drawing and poster design until the mid-1990’s and received awards for his contribution to the graphic arts of Mexico. Gorka’s most famous work is the design for Bob Fosse’s 1973 film Cabaret.
Acquisition
Notes
Collection of DePaul University, gift of Martin Rosenberg
Made/Created
Artist
Gorka, Wiktor
Date made
1967
Ethnography
Cultural Region
Country
Poland
Continent
Europe
Inscription/Signature/Marks
Type
Inscription
Location
verso TL
Transcription
11 11AC
Material/Technique
red pigment
Type
Inscription
Location
verso BR
Transcription
Polish Stamp
Material/Technique
Ink
Notes
4 x 5 in.
Type
Inscription
Location
TC
Transcription
“La POLOGNE”
Translation
Poland
Type
Inscription
Location
TC
Transcription
Paradis Des Pecheurs!
Translation
Fisherman's Paradise
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)
