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Western Amerykanski: Polish Poster Art of the Western
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Western Amerykanski: Polish Poster Art of the Western Paperback - 1999

by Kevin Mulroy (Editor)

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The figure of Gary Cooper as the proud frontier sheriff striding down the street in the 1952 American Western High Noon is as much a symbol of dignity and courage in contemporary Poland as it is in the United States. In 1989, for Poland's first free election since the Communist takeover, the political party Solidarity dramatically and successfully used that image of Cooper on a campaign poster urging voters to respond to their country's own "high noon"--their critical moment of decision.

The Western motion picture, from its silent days on, exported an epic vision of America. William S. Hart, John Wayne, James Stewart, Henry Fonda, Gregory Peck, Clint Eastwood, and Kirk Douglas became legendary heroes throughout the world, and especially in Poland.

In postwar Poland, film poster artists employed the universally recognized symbols of the Western--horse, six-shooter, boots, tin-star badge, Stetson, saddle--to convey violence as a negative force. Unlike many other art forms, the film poster did not fall within the censor's domain because it was not expected to pose a threat to the social order. But messages were conveyed through subtle means of symbol and color. The Polish poster has been likened to the Trojan horse, with the artist smuggling messages onto the streets in the guise of ephemera.

The posters displayed so strikingly in this book, and discussed in three essays, are from the golden age of Polish poster-making, the mid-1940s to the 1970s. They are part of the collection assembled by the Autry Museum of Western Heritage, the Western poster holdings of which include more than a hundred created in Poland--the largest such collection outside of Poland itself.

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  • Title Western Amerykanski: Polish Poster Art of the Western
  • Author Kevin Mulroy (Editor)
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 240
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of Washington Press, Seattle
  • Publication date October 1999
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780295978130 / 0295978139
  • Weight 3.21 lbs (1.46 kg)
  • Dimensions 12.09 x 9.24 x 0.97 in (30.71 x 23.47 x 2.46 cm)
  • Category Art & Art Instruction
  • Library of Congress subjects Film posters, Polish - Exhibitions, Western films - United States - Exhibitions
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 98-52392
  • Dewey Decimal Code 741.674

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