Date: 1979
Size: 26.5" x 36.5" (67 x 92cms)
Condition A+, newly linenbacked.
Artist: Waldemar Świerzy (c. 1931 – 27 Nov 2013) Born in Katowice, Poland, he graduated from the Kraków Academy of Fine Arts in 1952. He was subsequently Professor in the University of Fine Arts in Poznań from 1965 and Professor in the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw from 1994.
In 1992 the government of Poland issued a postage stamp to honor one of his Cyrk posters, 'Clown with derby' in 1992. Swierzy is one of the Polish School of Posters' most prolific artists, having created over 2500 posters.
In addition, his Jazz Greats series of famous American jazz personalities became so well known that he reissued them in his later years as signed lithographs. The series includes: Louis Armstrong, Ray Charles, Jimi Hendrix, Charles Mingus and Charlie Parker, among others. (Wiki)
Description: Excellent condition poster. Poster number 29, Printed in Poland, Foreign Trade Enterprise. Printed in bottom left corner.
Size: 26.5" x 36.5" (67 x 92cms)
Condition A+, newly linenbacked.
Artist: Waldemar Świerzy (c. 1931 – 27 Nov 2013) Born in Katowice, Poland, he graduated from the Kraków Academy of Fine Arts in 1952. He was subsequently Professor in the University of Fine Arts in Poznań from 1965 and Professor in the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw from 1994.
In 1992 the government of Poland issued a postage stamp to honor one of his Cyrk posters, 'Clown with derby' in 1992. Swierzy is one of the Polish School of Posters' most prolific artists, having created over 2500 posters.
In addition, his Jazz Greats series of famous American jazz personalities became so well known that he reissued them in his later years as signed lithographs. The series includes: Louis Armstrong, Ray Charles, Jimi Hendrix, Charles Mingus and Charlie Parker, among others. (Wiki)
Description: Excellent condition poster. Poster number 29, Printed in Poland, Foreign Trade Enterprise. Printed in bottom left corner.