Date: 1969
Size: 18.5 x 26.5 inches
Artist: Gérald Zahnd
About this poster: Gérald Zahnd (1941-2026) was a Swiss-born, Canadian artist and graphic designer. Arriving in Québec in the 1960s as the province pushed to modernize through cultural investment, Zahnd found work doing Public art installations and designing graphics for many of Montréal's Theatre companies. His works are a playful take on Swiss design style, which was characterized by minimalist graphics, asymmetric layouts, and sans-serif typefaces. Zahnd pushed back against the structure of Swiss style by incorporating bright, joyful colors, illustrative elements and humor. From 1968 to 1979, Zahnd produced over 130 posters for Montreal's Théâtre du Rideau Vert, the Théâtre Populaire du Québec, and the Théâtre du Nouveau Monde.
This poster advertises the 1976 performance of Un Fil à la Patte (Tied by the Leg) by Georges Feydeau at the Théâtre du Rideau Vert. Originally performed in 1894, the three-act play follows a bachelor attempting to break up with his mistress after he is betrothed to a noblewoman. This poster is an original serigraph on thin cardboard from the artist's personal collection. In very good condition, with minor marks in the yellow-background, please see photos.
