Operacja Konieczna
Roman Cieslewicz
French, born Poland. 1930–1996
1956
An offset-lithograph film poster in which Roman Cieslewicz advertises the Soviet film Operacja Konieczna by merging a simplified surgeon’s silhouette with a photographic strip of eyes to suggest urgency and human drama.
What strikes you is the dramatic play of negative space: a flat, gloved outline in black and beige frames a razor-cut photograph of intense, furrowed eyes, while the lowercase red title anchors the composition.
By fusing photomontage with reductive silhouette and typographic restraint, Cieslewicz helped shift poster design toward a conceptual, psychological language that influenced the Polish poster school and postwar European graphic design.
Medium
Offset lithograph
Dimensions
24 x 34" (61 x 86.4 cm)
Classification
Department
Credit
Gift of the designer
Accession
123.1968
Palette
Art Terms
Exhibitions
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