East German Poster Database

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• Ballettabend- Sinfonie in C/Carmen Suite: Georges Bizet, Joan from Zarissa: Werner Egk, Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin

  This poster is white with slightly diagonal lines going vertical across poster. At the top is white text shadowed in black advertising an "Evening of Ballet", followed by a black line, followed by blue text advertising "Symphony in C", followed by a black line, followed by purple text advertising "Joan from Zarissa", followed by a black line, followed by orange-red text advertising the "Carmen Suite", followed by a black line, followed by white text shadowed in black with name of the theater.

• Abraxas: Werner Egk, Ballett

  This poster is white with an abstract black sketch in the bottom center. The sketch is circular, and prominently features individual eyes (detached from faces), along with nude figures and letters, all crossed by two white lines with a teardrop at the intersection. The title is in black at the top with black border around poster. It advertises for the ballet performance of "Abraxas", from Werner Egk.

• Werner Egk: Abraxas Ballett- Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin

  This poster depicts a hollow bust of a male human head with a chipped nose. Out of the head emerges snakes which resemble brains, along with roses, stars, and pearls. The background is divided vertically into a sky with a rainbow and a green background with jagged black arrows pointing outward. Flowers flow toward the former, snakes and pearls toward the latter. The text is at the bottom in white on black, black on blue, and gray on yellow, with theater name torp left in black on pink. This poster advertises for the ballet "Abraxas" from Werner Egk.

• Werner Egk: Abraxas- Dramatisches Ballet- Landes Theater Halle

  This poster is black with a red stippled depiction of a ballerina's legs on point. The title is in white and red vertical text at left, with remaining text in red at right. This poster advertises for a performance of the ballet "Abraxas" from Werner Egk.

• Peer Gynt: Oper von Werner Egk- Städtische Theater Karl-Marx-Stadt

  this poster is an abstract depiction of storm on a face, in mainly blues, blacks, and greens. The title is in White and aqua at top. This poster advertises for the opera "Peer Gynt", from Werner Egk, based on the work of Henrik Ibsen.