Title: May 1
Author: Jacek R. Kowalski
Item description:
About the author: Jacek Ryszard Kowalski (Jacek Yerka) (born 7.07.1952 Torun) graphic artist, painter and stage designer, poster designer. Graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts at the Nicolaus Copernicus University (WSP UMK) in Torun, graduated in 1976 in artistic graphics. Associated with Warsaw. Since 1980 he has dealt exclusively with painting (a well-known surrealist, winner of the World Fantasy Award in 1995), less frequently with stage design and applied graphics (publishing), he also abandoned printmaking. He has been successfully involved in poster design since his second year of study. He participated in the Biennale of Polish Poster (BPP) in Katowice 1977 and 1979, at the 8th BPP in 1979 he won 3rd prize, in the International Biennale of Sports in Barcelona in 1980, in the 8th International Poster Biennale (MBP) in Warsaw in 1981 and in the International Poster Biennale Lahti 1983. He created political, social and event posters.
Additional information:
Condition:
Item in more than good condition, quite significantly damaged margins and corners, slight loss of lower margin, folds, slight understamped tear, small stain near lower left corner, on the back margins partially taped with conservation tape.
Grading of state of preservation:
- perfect condition: (6) no flaws, no signs of use, like new
- very nice: almost perfect condition (+5), very slight defects, almost like new (unused)
- nice: very good condition (5), very slight, basically insignificant defects
- quite nice: condition - very good (-5), insignificant, insignificant defects
- more than good: condition between very good and good (4/5), quite insignificant, not very significant defects
- at least good: condition at least good (+4), not very significant defects
- good: condition of good (4), fairly significant defects
- less than good: condition -good (-4), significant defects
- more than sufficient: condition between good and sufficient (3/4), very significant defects
- at least sufficient: condition at least sufficient (+3), quite poor condition, extremely significant defects, almost destructive
- Sufficient: sufficient condition (3), poor condition, major defects in the card, basically destruct
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