Raiders of the Lost Ark 1983 Polish Film Poster, Miroslaw Lakomski

Achingly cool design by Lakomski features on this very rare original Polish film poster for Raiders of the Lost Ark. Fantastic design of the main man himself, Indiana Jones. Lakomski’s bold colour work and dynamic arrow motifs give Spielberg’s blockbuster a uniquely stylised visual identity. The film—directed by Steven Spielberg and produced by George Lucas—redefined the action-adventure genre, powered by Ford’s legendary performance.

The end of the Second World War marked the dawn of a new period in the development of Polish poster art, which became known as the Polish School of Posters. The recently installed Communist regime began commissioning artists to design posters not only with social and political messages, but also, and more prominently, to promote the many aspects of the government-run (Ministry of Art and Culture) cultural media: concerts, exhibitions, film, jazz, opera, theatre, etc. and the circus (cyrk in Polish). The artists were instructed to reject Western values in their posters and were to follow rules about appropriate messaging, but other than that, they had complete artistic freedom. This resulted in some truly unique and bold designs, chock-full with individual personality, wit and subversive commentary. Heavy in metaphors and symbolism and executed in a painterly fashion with handcrafted typography the posters of the Polish School of Posters significantly influenced the international development of graphic design. The highly original designs remain contemporary to this day and continue to gain appreciation.

This vintage movie poster has been professionally linen-backed and is sized 18 1/2 x 25 5/8 (plus a couple extra of linen). It will be sent rolled (unframed). 

• Year: 1983 (first-year-of-release in Poland)
  
• Poster Type: Polish Small
  
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• Art By: Miroslaw Lakomski
  
• Rolled/Folded/Other: Rolled - Linen-backed
  
• Condition: Near Mint/Mint
  
• Condition Details: Originally rolled. Now linen backed. Very light touch up in places.