Profile of a woman's face in blue looking at the viewer. Two silhouettes of different figures' faces are imposed over the woman’s face in black. The superimposed female figure wears pink lipstick.
Artwork Details
Medium
Photomechanical print
Context
Wieslaw Rosocha was a Polish illustrator, graphic designer, and poster maker who studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. Rosocha was a prominent participant in independent and revolutionary art practices during the period of martial law in Poland in his early career. Rosocha went on to collaborate with a variety of theaters (this piece was done for a theater) and magazines, and over the years began creating posters recreationally. This particular piece displays one of Rosocha’s common motifs - a silhouetted head. Rosocha won many awards throughout his career and had his work featured in both collaborative and individual exhibitions in the 21st century, many of them focusing on the Polish Poster School, of which he was a member. This piece can offer historical value for understanding the sociopolitics of post war eastern Europe. Furthermore, it is an excellent example of Rosocha’s specific style.
Acquisition
Notes
Collection of DePaul Art Museum, gift of Martin Rosenberg
Made/Created
Artist
Wieslaw Rosocha
Date made
1994
Ethnography
Cultural Region
Country
Poland
Continent
Europe
Inscription/Signature/Marks
Transcription
Zimonwa Apowiesc
Translation
Winter's Tale
Transcription
William Shakespeare
Transcription
W. Rosocha 94
Transcription
The Winter's Tale
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)
