National Poem Recital Contest

Hungarian title:

Országos Szavalóverseny

Artist:

Vajda Lajos

Size:

A1 1 Sheet (cca. 84 x 59 cm)

Year:

1964

Condition:

Fine, tears along the border, one horizontal fold mark.

Material:

Paper, offset lithography.

Price: US$400

Description:

Poster for the Fifth National Poem Recital Contest of the Small-scale Production Cooperatives. The Contest took place in Szolnok, 1964.

The design displays a Pegasus, the stallion with wings, which is an Ancient-Greek mythological figure which used to provide the poets with inspiration thus it became the symbol of poetry. Lajos Vajda mad a change to the classic depiction of the  Pegasus: instead of drawing him in white, he designed a brown one and placed it in front of an orange background. The figure of the creature is very modern, it constructed of geometric shapes. 

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