Pirelli

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Artist/Maker	Engelmann, Michael (designer)
Place of origin	Milan (printed)

Michael Engelmann worked as a graphic designer mainly in America and Germany. Engelmann's style is characterized by simplified imagery, a surreal wit and an interesting combination of graphic, photographic and photomontage techniques. While he was at the Werkakademie in Kassel, Germany, he taught a whole generation of leading German graphic designers, including Frieder Grindler and Juergen Spohn, whose work from the 1970s is represented in the Victoria and Albert Museum.

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Categories	Prints Advertising Images Online Posters
Object type	Poster
Title	Pirelli (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques	Ink on paper Printing Ink Paper
Brief description	Poster for Pirelli by Michael Engelmann; 1952
Physical description	The image shows tyre tracks running across the poster from left to right with the slogan 'il pneumatico che morde la strada'
Dimensions	Height: 98cm Width: 67.6cm
Marks and inscriptions	PIRELLI fondata nel 1872 il pneumatico che morde la strada Translation PIRELLI founded in 1872 the tyre that bites the road
Credit line	Purchased through the Julie and Robert Breckman Print Fund
Summary	Michael Engelmann worked as a graphic designer mainly in America and Germany. Engelmann's style is characterized by simplified imagery, a surreal wit and an interesting combination of graphic, photographic and photomontage techniques. While he was at the Werkakademie in Kassel, Germany, he taught a whole generation of leading German graphic designers, including Frieder Grindler and Juergen Spohn, whose work from the 1970s is represented in the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Associated objects	E.3786-2004 (Object) E.3787-2004 (Object) E.3788-2004 (Object) E.3790-2004 (Object)
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.3789-2004

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Record created	May 13, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O231705/pirelli-poster-engelmann-michael/

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