The succession of murders, sexual encounters, and depravity in Alban Berg's opera Lulu appealed to Starowieyski's dark, fantastical imagination. The hybrid figure with a bird's head and wings and a naked female torso is simultaneously erotic and macabre. Starowieyski designed this German poster while lecturing at the Hochschule für bildende Künste (college of fine arts) in Berlin. Later he divided his time between ateliers in Warsaw and Paris, and in 1985 he was the first Polish artist to have a solo exhibition at MoMA.
Franciszek Starowieyski Lulu (Poster for production of Alban Berg's opera in Bonn, Germany) 1980
- Medium
- Offset lithograph
- Dimensions
- 35 7/8 x 26 3/8" (91.1 x 67 cm)
- Printer
- W.D.A.
- Credit
- Gift of the artist
- Object number
- 353.1984
- Department
- Architecture and Design
- Franciszek Starowieyski has 35 works online.
- There are 10,691 design works online.
- There are 6,486 graphic design works online.
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Posters by Franciszek Starowieyski
Apr 11–Jun 4, 1985
2 other works identified
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Posters by Franciszek Starowieyski
Apr 11–Jun 4, 1985
3 other works identified
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Posters by Franciszek Starowieyski
Apr 11–Jun 4, 1985
5 other works identified
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Posters by Franciszek Starowieyski
Apr 11–Jun 4, 1985
4 other works identified
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Polish Posters 1945–89
May 6–Nov 30, 2009
22 other works identified
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