Date: 1994
Size: 29 x 41 inches
Size: 29 x 41 inches
Artist: Karl Domenic Geissbuhler
Printer: Toppan Printing Co.
Printer: Toppan Printing Co.
About The 100 Best Posters Collection: This poster was originally created by Karl Domenic Geissbuhler in 1986 for the Zürich Opera. This is an official reissue from 1994 from the collection The 100 best posters from Europe and the United States / 1945-1990.
"In describing the rationale behind this portfolio, Hiromichi Fujita, the President of Toppan Printing Co., explains in the introduction that, "the decision to publish The 100 Best Posters from Europe and the United States 1945-1990 was motivated by our earlier collection of Japanese reproductions published four years ago . . . the first collection was intended as a small contribution to the field of graphic design, which has enjoyed an inseparable relationship with the printing industry for many years now." The selection of posters in this collection were chosen by a panel consisting of Steven Heller, Alain Weill, Milton Glaser and Yusaku Kamekura. All posters chosen (...) were reproduced and were then donated to art museums and related educational institutions in 200 locations around the world. In addition to being forms of expression, these posters, which were created in the diverse social conditions that have prevailed since the end of World War II, truly serve as a testament to the age in which they were produced." (Source: swanngalleries.com)
About the poster: Since 1976, Karl Domenic Geissbühler has created pratically every poster for the Zürich Opera. This one, for the ballet Petruschka by Igor Stravinski, is justifiably one of his most famous. Employing multicolored direction lines like those used to indicate the movement of dancers in choreography, Geissbühler constructed a portrait of the composer. The result evokes in a single image both the ballet and the musician against the poster's black background, with the text judiciously distributed around the four edges. (Source: The 100 best posters from Europe and the United States / 1945-1990, p.172)
This poster is in good condition with some minor scratch (see photos). Ready to be framed.