Date: 1994
Size: 40.5 x 28 inches
Size: 40.5 x 28 inches
Artist: Graphiti _ Andrea Rauch and Stefano Rovai
Printer: Toppan Printing Co.
About The 100 Best Posters Collection: This poster was originally created by Graphiti _ Andrea Rauch and Stefano Rovai in 1989 for Artis 89. 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: In 1989, to celebrate the bicentennial of the French Revolution, the Artis 89 association asked graphic artists all over the world to create posters dealing with the subject of human rights. With the theme Tous les hommes naissent libres et égaux (All men are born free and equal), Graphiti devised a photo-montage with the head of a black child torn vertically in the foreground. A powerful image from the avant-garde group that represents renewal in the graphic arts in Italy. (Source: The 100 best posters from Europe and the United States / 1945-1990, p.214)
This poster is in good condition and ready to be framed.