Date: 1972
Size: 18.5 x 26.5 inches
Artist: Gérald Zahnd
About this poster: Gérald Zahnd (1941-2026) was a Swiss-born, Canadian artist and graphic designer. Arriving in Québec in the 1960s as the province pushed to modernize through cultural investment, Zahnd found work doing Public art installations and designing graphics for many of Montréal's Theatre companies. His works are a playful take on Swiss design style, which was characterized by minimalist graphics, asymmetric layouts, and sans-serif typefaces. Zahnd pushed back against the structure of Swiss style by incorporating bright, joyful colors, illustrative elements and humor. From 1968 to 1979, Zahnd produced over 130 posters for Montreal's Théâtre du Rideau Vert, the Théâtre Populaire du Québec, and the Théâtre du Nouveau Monde.
This poster advertises the 1972 performance of Knock (or Doctor Knock) by Jules Romains at the Théâtre du Rideau Vert. The satirical play, originally written in 1923, follows a doctor who travels to a rural village to spread modern medicine. This poster is an original serigraph on thin cardboard from the artist's personal collection. In very good condition and signed by the artist in bottom right corner, please see photos.
