Object Details
Designer
Piet Zwart, Dutch, 1885 – 1977
Description
Poster for an international film exhibition with text and images in black, red and blue. A large blue square in lower right section depicting photographic reproduction of a man’s eyes and a red film strip of a woman. Text in red at oblique angle across square: FILM. Above, text in blue: INTERNATIONALE / TENTOONSTELLING / OP FILMGEBIED / [in black and red]: ITF. Lower left corner, text in red and blue: 14 APRIL / 15 MEI; 1928 GROOTE KONINKLIJKE / BAZAR ZEESTRAAT 82 / DEN HAAG.
Credit Line
Museum purchase through gift of Susan Hermanos, Judith and Charles Bergoffen, Cathy Nierras, and Anonymous Donors and from Drawings and Prints Council and General Acquisitions Endowment Funds
Date
1928
Accession Number
2013-20-1
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
graphic design
Object Name
Poster
Type
Poster
Medium
Letterpress on wove paper
Dimensions
H x W (Sheet): 85 × 61 cm (33 7/16 in. × 24 in.)
H x W x D (Frame): 103.5 × 78.7 × 3.8 cm (40 3/4 in. × 31 in. × 1 1/2 in.)
designed in
Netherlands
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Link to Original Record
Record ID
chndm_2013-20-1