Jazz in Willisau:, The Melody Four
Niklaus Troxler
Swiss, born 1947
1992
A silkscreen poster by Niklaus Troxler for the Willisau jazz festival advertising The Melody Four, using layered hand-drawn images and whimsical lettering to suggest the music’s improvisatory spirit.
A lively, crowded field of overlapping red, green, and blue line drawings—birds, cows, saxophones and serrated marks—pulls the eye in different directions while scattered, colorful letters read like musical notes across the page.
Troxler’s work helped transform festival and jazz posters into a site of experimental typography and visual improvisation, marrying Swiss design precision with playful silkscreen collage and influencing how cultural events are visually promoted.
Medium
Silkscreen
Dimensions
50 3/8 × 35 3/8" (128 × 89.9 cm)
Classification
Department
Credit
Gift of the designer
Accession
478.2008
Palette
Art Terms
Exhibitions
