East German Poster Database

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• Kleist-Theater/Der Freischütz/Romantische Oper von Carl Maria von Weber

  Poster is black with a blue flowered garland depicted at top, decorated with tiny white skulls and a blue ribbon. Text at top-center in gray. Advertises for a performance of the romantic opera "The Marksman" by Carl Maria von Weber.

• Theater der Stadt Cottbus/Der Rosenkavalier/Komödie für Musik von Hugo von Hofmannsthal Musik von Richard Strauss

  Poster is green and depicts a silhouetted figure in red and white patterned wings and white wig with a white sword between his legs. Green background with pink hearts. Poster advertises for the comedy "The Pink Cavalier" from Hugo von Hofmannsthal and music from Richard Strauss.

• Einer Flog über das Kuckucksnest Ein Stück in Zwei Akten von Dale Wasserman Nach dem Roman von Ken Kesey

  Poster is white with black text at top. Depicts two blue-green wings that have apparently been ripped off a bird, with blood visible. Advertises for "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest", from Dale Wasserman, to be performed at the Kleist Theater.

• U.S.A. Plakate

  This poster has a red, white, and blue background that is styled after the United States flag. The title of the exhibition is interweaved with stars in the blue section of the flag. It is for an exhibition featuring U.S. posters at the Fischmarkt Gallery in Erfurt and in Cottbus (July 5 - August 7, 1994; November 12, 1994 - January 8, 1995). Oversize.

• Dieser Mann treibt Sport

  This poster has a tan-green background and shows an illustration of a man with no shirt and a beard. It is for an exhibition featuring artistic depictions of athletes.

• Das Plakat der DDR

  This poster has a green background and shows a pink rectangle with a bird cut out of it. The cut out bird is flying over the rectangle in the green background. It is for an exhibition featuring East Germany posters in Cottbus.

• Internationale Plakat Kunst

  This poster shows a graphic illustration of a green apple with three colored pencils stabbed through it. The pencils are orange, blue, and yellow. The background of the poster is black. It is for an exhibition featuring international art posters in Cottbus (November 7, 1987 - January 24, 1988).

• 7 Junge Künstler des bezirkes Cottbus

  This poster has a blue gradient background and shows an illustration featuring a double-sided paint tube on top of an EKG chart. The paint tube is squeezing out red and orange paint. It is for an exhibition featuring work by 7 young East German artists in Cottbus (June 13 - August 9, 1987).

• Zwiesprache

  This poster shows an illustration of a blue human figure in a contorting shape on a yellow background. It is for an exhibition featuring graphic art by GDR artists inspired by USSR poetry in Cottbus (October 23 - December 13, 1987).

• 12. Kunstausstellung aus Anlaß des 40. Jahrestages der Gründung der DDR: Kunst in Cottbus

  This poster has a dark blue background the text of the title and information are written in a light blue color with center justification. It is for an exhibition celebrating the 40th anniversary of the formation of the GDR at the State Art Collection in Cottbus (October 6, 1989 - January 1, 1990).

• Figur = Zeichen

  This poster shows a black outline of a triangle in front of a purple paint smudge. Inside the triangle is a small red square in the lower left corner. It is for an exhibition titled "Figure = Character" in Cottbus (February 13 - May 15, 1988).