East German Poster Database

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• Das Leben ist Traum / La vida es sueno / Calderon de la Barca / Ubersetzung: Fritz Rudolf Fries / Regie: Friedo Solter / Buhne: Hans-Jurgen Nikulka / Kostume: Christine Stromberg / Dramatrugie: Matthias Renner / Musik: Uwe Hilprecht / Maske: Wolfgang Utzt

  This poster shows a human body that seems to be wound up like the house of a snail. At the front it ends in a green head with stubbly hair; at the top is a head wearing an orange crown. The playwright's name and the title of the play are in the top left hand corner of the poster; the other information is in the bottom right hand corner. The background of the poseter is greenish beige.

• Manon: von Jules Massenet- Deutsches Staatsoper Berlin

  This poster is black with a depiction of a woman's face comprised entirely of intricate white and purple lace patterns. The face is bordered by depictions of thick flowing hair in the same lace patterns. The text is in white and purple italics at the bottom. This poster advertises for "Manon" from Jules Massenet.

• Das Land Bum-Bum/Der lustige Musikant Oper für Kinder von Rainer Kirsch & Georg Katzer/und Erwachsene/Ur-aufführung Komsiche Oper

  Outer border is red and white with black inner border. Background is comprised of squiggly diagonal gridlines with title superimposed in handwritten caps at top, first line green with small black dots, second line blue and pruple with large black dots. Remaindent text in various colors below and at bottom. Depicts a man with enourmous ears listening through an ear trumpet. Advertises for the children's opera "The Country Bum-Bum" from Rainer Kirsch and Georg Katzer.

• Zum 250. Jahrestag der Uraufführung der Beggar's Opera am 29.1.1728 präsentiert das Deutsche Theater Berlin/Die Galoschen-Oper/von Heinz Kahlau in Errinerung an John Gay/Musik: Reiner Bredemeyer Regie: Friedo Solter

  Poster is yellow with black patterned inner border. Deicts various shoes at bottom in yellow and purple with names of actors in black script beside them. Text at top in black and purple. Advertises for "Die Galoschen-Oper" [difficult to translate] from Heinz Kahlau in memory of John Gray, celebrating the 250th anniversary of the premiere of the Beggar's Opera at the Deutsche Theater Berlin.

• Diktatur des Gewissens

  This poster is khaki with a black grid covering most of it. The title of performance in purple top left, as if stamped. The poster shows the thickly drawn head and shoulders of a person made of blocks and splotched with purple spray paint, with letters floating around it. Above hangs a light bulb with a red arrow point to it from the top right corner. Poster advertises for a play by Michail Schatrow titled "Dictatorship of the Conscience", to be performed in the Deutsches Theater.

• Die Ferien des Monsieur Hulot

  This poster is a watercolor of a very large white tennis racquet, with brown tape handle, standing upright on a beach, smoking a pipe and wearing a white beach hat. There are stars and colored swirls coming out with the pipe smoke. The beach has small shells on it, and there are large rocks out in the water, and a cliff on the right side. The sky is a variegated blue. The film is French.

• Visuell 75

  This poster has a white background and shows a series of black horizontal paint strokes that take the shape of a face. There are also blue paint daubs that form the eyes. It is for an exhibition featuring the best art from 1975 in Berlin (March 5 - April 11, 1976).

• Venezianisches Glas

  This poster shows a painting of a city with water canals and boats passing by. Several colorful objects of overlaid on the image. It is for an exhibition featuring Venetian glass (August - October 1981).

• Illustration: Albrecht v. Bodecker

  This poster shows an illustration of a man in a mustache and a green and black striped outfit. The man has three legs and very long arms. It is for an exhibition featuring illustrations by Albrecht v. Bodecker in Leipzig (October 31 - December 21, 1979). Box 6.

• Illustrationen: Albrecht v. Bodecker

  This poster shows an illustration of a group of ducks dressed in clothes and ice skating on a pond. The center duck is also holding an umbrella. It is for an exhibition featuring illustrations by Albrecht v. Bodecker in Erfurt (January 25 - February 22, 1989). Box 6.

• Sammlerfreuden

  This poster shows an illustration of a man running through the air with wings on his feet. He is carrying a book in his hands and has a fish strapped to his back. A man in the background has a fishing pole and is trying to catch the fish. A Saudi Arabian palace is shown in the far background of the image. It is for an exhibition in Moritzburg (September - October 1972).

• Polnische Graphik um 1900

  This poster shows a graphic print of a purple flower in bloom in front of a black and white design. The poster has a mirror image of the print on the top and bottom. It is for an exhibition featuring Polish design from the 20th century at the Old Museum in Berlin.

• Rom in ansichten von Giovanni Battista Piranesi

  This poster shows an illustration of the Coliseum in Rome being constructed or repaired. A large yellow sign is hung from the structure that includes the title of the exhibition, "Views of Rome by Giovanni Battista Piranesi". It is for an exhibition featuring etchings by Italian artist Giovanni Battista Piranesi at the Old Museum in Berlin (February - May 1972).

• Wiener Porzellan

  This poster shows a porcelain figure of an 18th century man sitting on an arm chair. He is wearing a long coat and holding a cane and serving plate. A black-and-white spotted dog is sitting at his feet. It is for an exhibition featuring porcelain sculptures and figures from Vienna on loan from the Austrian Museum for Applied Art at the Köpenick Palace in Berlin (May - October 1982).

• Kunsthandwerk um 1900

  This poster has a purple background and shows an outline drawing of a peacock-like creature in green. The drawing is filled with stamps of identification marks. It is for an exhibition featuring arts and crafts from 1900 at the Museum of Decorative Arts in Berlin (December 11, 1986 - March 1987).

• Böhmisches Glas

  This poster shows a photograph of a glass vase with a painted depiction of a cityscape on a river. It is for an exhibition featuring Bohemian glass from Prague in Berlin (November 1983 - January 1984).

• Die Buchillustration in der DDR

  This poster shows an illustration of a man reading a yellow book. The man has pencils, ink pens, and paint brushes coming out of the top of his head. It is for an exhibition featuring book illustrations from 1949 - 1979 at the TV Tower in Berlin (August 3 - September 6, 1979).

• 25 Jahre Graphik in der DDR

  This poster shows an illustration of a flower. The flower is made of tiny cells. It is for an exhibition featuring East German graphic design from 1949 to 1974 at the Old Museum in Berlin (September 20 - November 10, 1974).

• Glas: Historismus und die Historismen um 1900

  This poster shows an amber colored piece of stained-glass. A center circle in the glass holds flowers of different sizes with blue centers. It is for an exhibition of glass art at the State Museum in Berlin (August 15 - November 20, 1977).