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Artists: Chris
Yaneff R.C.A, Canadian
Manfred Gotthans R.C.A, Canadian |
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Item: CY.01
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Title: "Peace"
for "Images for Survival/Hiroshima appeals"
40th anniversary of atomic bombing |
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Description: Condition
A
Original lithograph poster
Limited printing of 150
Signed by Chris Yaneff
Printed in Toronto, 1985.
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| Size: |
24 in x 36 in |
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61 cm x 91.5 cm |
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| Terms of Sale |
| Price: $250.00 USD |
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"We designed the 'Peace' poster for the exhibition 'Images for
Survival' for the Shoshin Society, to commemorate the 40th anniversary
of the first use of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. 135 poster
design were selected by leading Graphic Designers in North America
and Japan. The joint exhibition of American and Japanese peace posters
was shown first at the Hiroshima Museum of Modern Art and then later
in Nakasaki Japan, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, New York,
Washington D.C., Ottawa Canada, Paris, and Moscow.
The inspiration for the poster came from a photo my son took while
in Nagasaki, Japan, where North American tourists are often greeted
with a peace sign by the local young children, as Nagasaki was the
target of the second atomic bomb. My associate Manfred Gotthans felt
that children showing the peace sign might make an adorable travel
poster, but wouldn't drive home the fatal consequences if mankind
doesn't heed the plea for peace and nuclear disarmament. This is why
we used a skeleton (an actual skeleton was photographed for the poster)
we felt the poster needs no words. The message is a serious reminder
and is comprehensible in any language." (Chris
Yaneff)
The poster was designed by the graphic design team of Chris Yaneff
and Manfred Gotthans of the firm Chris Yaneff Ltd. |
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