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The Return of the Pink Panther 1977 Polish B1 Film Poster, Edward Lutczyn

About the Item

Suitably comic and crazy artwork feature on the Polish poster for Peter Sellers’ classic The Return of the Pink Panther. The best artwork for the title and very rare, definitely one cool cat of a poster. The end of the Second World War marked the dawn of a new period in the development of Polish poster art, which became known as the Polish School of Posters. The recently installed Communist regime began commissioning artists to design posters not only with social and political messages, but also, and more prominently, to promote the many aspects of the government-run (Ministry of Art and Culture) cultural media: concerts, exhibitions, film, jazz, opera, theatre, etc. and the circus (cyrk in Polish). The artists were instructed to reject Western values in their posters and were to follow rules about appropriate messaging, but other than that, they had complete artistic freedom. This resulted in some truly unique and bold designs, chock-full with individual personality, wit and subversive commentary. Heavy in metaphors and symbolism and executed in a painterly fashion with handcrafted typography the posters of the Polish School of Posters significantly influenced the international development of graphic design. The highly original designs remain contemporary to this day and continue to gain appreciation. This vintage movie poster has been professionally linen-backed. It is sized 26 x 38 inches (plus a little more with the linen-backing) and will be sent rolled (unframed)
  • Creator:
    Edward Lutczyn (Designer)
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 38 in (96.52 cm)Width: 26 in (66.04 cm)Depth: 0.2 in (5.08 mm)
  • Materials and Techniques:
  • Place of Origin:
  • Period:
  • Date of Manufacture:
    1977
  • Condition:
    Additions or alterations made to the original: Professionally linen-backed. Originally folded (as issued), but now professionally linen-backed with light touch-up to folds. Very light marking on folds. Look great.
  • Seller Location:
    Bath, GB
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU2088345214622

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