Midnight Cowboy 1973 Polish A1 Film Poster, Waldemar Swierzy

Iconic and suitably impactful art features on the orginal Polish film poster for Midnight Cowboy. This Polish poster for Midnight Cowboy, created by renowned artist Waldemar Świerzy, stands out with its bold, minimalist silhouette and vivid splash of color, instantly giving the film a strikingly modern and emotional edge. Świerzy’s signature style—simple, impactful, and psychologically suggestive—captures the film’s themes with remarkable economy. The movie itself had broken new ground, moving audiences with its unvarnished realism and unforgettable performances. Together, Świerzy’s artwork and the film it represents form a powerful pairing that had helped cement Midnight Cowboy as a defining work of its era

The striking design by acclaimed Polish School of Posters artist Waldemar Swierzy for the stone-cold, Oscar winning, classic makes it one of the most coveted Polish posters. Simply stunning.

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 original vintage movie poster has been professionally linen-backed and is sized 23 x 32 1/4 inches. It will be sent rolled (unframed).

• Year: 1973
  
• Poster Type: Polish A1
  
• Style: -
• Art By: Waldemar Swierzy
  
• Rolled/Folded/Other: Rolled 
  
• Condition: Excellent/Near Mint
  
• Condition Details: Originally Rolled (not folded). Paper slightly wavy, Crease across top left corner - paper darkened with age - Ageing on margins.  Colours very strong. Linen backing can be arranged.