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Artist/Maker	Engelmann, Michael (designer)
Place of origin	United States (made)

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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Category	Posters
Object type	Poster
Parts	This object consists of 2 parts. Poster Poster
Title	daily and Sunday good mornings begin with the Inquirer (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques	Ink on paper Printing Ink Paper
Brief description	Poster for the Philadelphia Enquirer by Michael Engelmann; 1958
Physical description	The image shows an egg cup and an egg with a paper hat made from The Philadelphia Inquirer on top of the egg
Marks and inscriptions	daily and Sunday good mornings begin with the Inquirer
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.3789-2004 (Object)
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.3790-2004

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Record created	May 13, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O231714/daily-and-sunday-good-mornings-poster-engelmann-michael/

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