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Poster

1959 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

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.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Ink on paper
Brief description
Poster for Roth-Händle cigarettes designed by Michael Engelmann; 1959
Physical description
Image of a hand pointing at a cigarette packet
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
Collection
Accession number
E.3787-2004

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Record createdMay 19, 2009
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