Polish poster for the film Ludzie Cyrku. Atop a dark blue background are three figural trapeze artists. One hangs from a trapeze swing, while the other stands on a swing in the bottom half of the composition. Text of the title forms the largest trapeze swing bar, which the largest figure is about to catch onto and swing toward the audience.
Artwork Details
Medium
Offset lithograph
Acquisition
Notes
Collection of DePaul University, gift of Martin and Patricia Rosenberg
Made/Created
Artist
WojciechWenzel
Date made
circa 1950
Ethnography
Cultural Region
Country
Poland
Continent
Europe
Notes
Europe
Poland
Europe, Poland
Inscription/Signature/Marks
Type
Label
Location
BRC verso
Transcription
Circus Life 22
Material/Technique
"Circus Life" In blue ink; "22" in black
Type
Inscription
Location
TC
Transcription
ludzie cyrku
Type
Inscription
Location
ML
Transcription
REZYSERIA L. KRISTI
Type
Inscription
Location
Vertical R
Transcription
barwny. panoramiczny film produkcji radzieckiej
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)
