Artwork Description:
On posters in general:
At the request of Dansk Plakatmuseum (Danish Museum of Poster Art) all new posters are sent to the museum where I now have one of the largest collections.
After a French visit to Dansk Plakatmuseum's Cassandra exhibition, I received a letter from Mairie de Paris, Direction des Affaires Culturelles, Thierry Devynck:
I am deeply impressed by the quality of the works which you have created and which Peder Stougaard of Dansk Plakatmuseum in Aarhus showed me. In particular, he showed me a poster which, as far as I remember, was entitled "Landmandsliv - en kunstart" (Farmer's Life - An Art Form). The drawing is at once full of charm and permanence. Would it be possible for Bibiloteque Forney to acquire a collection which is representative of your work? I would really like to include your work in our collections, etc., etc.
A collection was subsequently sent to Paris.
This poster is part of the Forney, Paris collection.
The description is in French. If you want it in English, please feel free to e-mail me.
"SPIL IKKE SUR - SPIL BRIDGE"
La Fédération Danoise du Bridge voulait réaliser une affiche. Ce fut "SPIL IKKE
SUR - SPIL BRIDGE" qui, en français, se traduirait à peu près par "Ne faites pas
la gueule, faites un bridge" (le texte danois renferme un jeu de mots impossible à rendre en français).
La Fédération et ses membres s'enthousiasmèrent pour cette
pièce. Ils ont même adopté le titre de l'affiche comme slogan de l'association qui l'utilise sur la couverture de sa revue, de ses brochures etc.