Catalogue
- Year
- 1957
- Medium
- Lithograph
- Dimensions
- 34 × 23" (86.4 × 58.4 cm)
- Collection
- Museum of Modern Art
- Artist
- Jan Lenica
Artist
Painting
Jan Lenica was a Polish graphic designer, illustrator, and animator whose work became foundational to postwar European visual culture. He designed iconic posters and book covers in the 1950s and 1960s, developing a distinctive visual language that combined bold typography with surrealist imagery and stark graphic reduction. His illustrations and animated films extended this approach into cinema and publishing, establishing him as a central figure in the Polish School of Graphic Design.
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Record
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- Jan Lenica
- Year
- 1957
- Medium
- Lithograph
- Dimensions
- 34 × 23" (86.4 × 58.4 cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-1957-M003376
Source
- Collection
- Museum of Modern Art
- Source
- moma
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified