Polske Surrealister (Polish Surrealists) (Poster for a Berlin exhibition of Polish Surrealist art)
1970 · Offset lithograph
38 1/4 x 26 5/8" (97.2 x 67.5 cm)
Museum of Modern Art
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Jan Lenica
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PaintingSurrealism
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None documented
5
Institutional Exhibitions
20
Works in Collection
42
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Selected Institutional Exhibitions
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The Modern Poster
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1988
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Recent Acquisitions: Design Collection
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1970–1971
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Recent Czech and Polish Posters
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1968
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Film Posters
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1960–1961
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Travel Posters
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1957
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Jan Lenica was a Polish graphic designer, illustrator, and animator who developed a distinctive visual language combining bold typography with surrealist imagery and stark graphic reduction. His posters and book covers of the 1950s and 1960s became foundational to postwar European visual culture, extending into animated film and publishing. Lenica established himself as a central figure in the Polish School of Graphic Design, integrating European modernism with the formal inventiveness of eastern European design practice.
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