Poster, Vorm en Luchtfoto (Form and Aerial Photography)

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1960	Work on this object began.
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Poster, Vorm en Luchtfoto (Form and Aerial Photography)

This is a Poster. It was designed by Pieter Brattinga. It is dated 1960 and we acquired it in 2000. Its medium is offset lithography. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Pieter Brattinga. It is credited Gift of Pieter Brattinga.

A horizontal black and white photomontage set on top of a vertical black background with a remaining third of negative black space. The fantastic scene depicted is of a gigantic dark glazed pork shank flying through the air from the perspective of the lower left-hand corner moving outwards to the upper right-hand corner. The ham fills most of the scene is flanked by nine Allied bombers set against a soft grayscale of clouds.. The planes behind the ham seem diminutive in the distance and grow in size as they appear closer to the same point as the ham. But the ham remains to be the largest flying vessel even compared to plane on the left moving the to the top left-hand corner. This is the only plane with visible text 'ARMY' and a white military star inside of a black circle on the underside of its right wing. Perspective lines shoot out from a distant point of origin, emphasizing the speed, impact, and patriotic urgency of the heroic ham and her military escort. In the upper left corner small black text “herbert bayer” is signed by hand.

Print, Photomontage with Planes and Flying Ham, ca. 1942
offset lithograph on glossy white paper, mounted on black paper with glassine....
Museum purchase with funding provided by the Buddy Taub Foundation, Dennis A.....
2016-54-8

Its dimensions are

62.9 x 38.1 cm (24 3/4 x 15 in. )

It is inscribed

Top square: tentoonstelling. Second square from bottom: van 9 juni tot 5 juli/ tien uur tot half twaalf en twee tot vijf uur/ zaterdags tien uur tot half twaalf/ zondags gesloten. Bottom square: kantine/ steendrukkerij de Jong & Co/ 's-gravelandseweg 19 bij de kei hilversum

Cite this object as

Poster, Vorm en Luchtfoto (Form and Aerial Photography); Designed by Pieter Brattinga (Dutch, 1931 - 2004); offset lithography; 62.9 x 38.1 cm (24 3/4 x 15 in. ); Gift of Pieter Brattinga; 2000-75-5

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/2DMHV/
Accession Number 2000-75-5
Object ID 18689451