Nie! (No!)
Tadeusz Trepkowski
Polish, 1914–1954
1952
A 1952 lithograph by Tadeusz Trepkowski that uses the silhouette of a descending bomb enclosing a ruined building and the blunt word “NIE!” to register a stark, refusal‑of‑war statement.
A flat, cool blue field centers a tilted, black bomb form within which a red, crumbling building reads like a wound, while the oversized pale letters “NIE!” land with confrontational force at the bottom right.
Rooted in postwar Polish graphic design, the poster exemplifies how modernist reduction of image and type was mobilized for political protest, shaping the visual vocabulary of antiwar and Cold War-era messaging.
Medium
Lithograph
Dimensions
39 3/8 x 27 5/8" ( 100 x 70 cm)
Classification
Department
Credit
Gift of The Lauder Foundation, Leonard and Evelyn Lauder Fund
Accession
626.1990
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