Date: 1994
Size: 40.5 x 22.5 inches
Size: 40.5 x 22.5 inches
Artist: Sharon Werner and Charles Burns
Printer: Toppan Printing Co.
About The 100 Best Posters Collection: This poster was originally created by Sharon Werner and Charles Burns in 1988 for Fox River Paper Company. This is an official reissue from 1994 from the collection The 100 best posters from Europe and the United States / 1945-1990.
"In describing the rationale behind this portfolio, Hiromichi Fujita, the President of Toppan Printing Co., explains in the introduction that, "the decision to publish The 100 Best Posters from Europe and the United States 1945-1990 was motivated by our earlier collection of Japanese reproductions published four years ago . . . the first collection was intended as a small contribution to the field of graphic design, which has enjoyed an inseparable relationship with the printing industry for many years now." The selection of posters in this collection were chosen by a panel consisting of Steven Heller, Alain Weill, Milton Glaser and Yusaku Kamekura. All posters chosen (...) were reproduced and were then donated to art museums and related educational institutions in 200 locations around the world. In addition to being forms of expression, these posters, which were created in the diverse social conditions that have prevailed since the end of World War II, truly serve as a testament to the age in which they were produced." (Source: swanngalleries.com)
About the poster: Sharon Werner designed this poster as a companion piece to a book promoting Fox River Paper Company's Circa line. The book, which features a macabre comic strip by Charles Burns, chronicles a character named Max Lapointe, a graphic designer who travels through time looking for the "all important piece of scrap." Burns made black-and-white drawings which Werner then colored using Pantone paper. The poster was printed as four-color process with extra cream and black inks plus black foil stamping and a scalloped die-cut edge. It was distributed by mail to thousands of potential paper users. (Source: The 100 best posters from Europe and the United States / 1945-1990, p.210)
This poster is in good condition and ready to be framed.