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Designer:
Bruno Monguzzi, Swiss, b. 1941  Search this
Medium:
Offset lithograph on white paper
Dimensions:
H x W: 128 × 90.5 cm (50 3/8 × 35 5/8 in.)
Type:
graphic design
Poster
Object Name:
Poster
Made in:
Switzerland
Date:
1988
Catalogue Status:
Research in Progress
Description:
Vertical rectangle. Exhibition poster image comprised of five lines of printed text: Oskar/ Schlemmer / Les Noces / Igor / Stravinsky; the words made up of varying styles and scales of typographic letter forms in black, yellow, red, and blue (a color palette used by de Stijl or Bauhaus designers). The names of the featured artist and composer flank the central and larger title of the piece, like a particularly vibrant section of a written musical score. The "O" in each word is a solid circle (gold-yellow for "Oskar" at upper right: red in "Noces" at center; blue in "Igor" at lower left), accenting the page in an attractive eye-catching way, like rhythmic beats in visual music, as well as serving as an allusion to the geometric shapes used in Schlemmer's costume and set designs.
Credit Line:
Gift of Elaine Lustig Cohen
Accession Number:
2002-15-2
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
Copyright Notice:
© Elaine Lustig Cohen
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
Data Source:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4cabdd880-4d30-4605-a540-2553016f1bcf
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:chndm_2002-15-2