This original German poster was designed by Edel for the 1952 Berliner Festwochen, or Berlin Festival Weeks. The month-long cultural festival took place from 31 August to 30 September and presented an international programme of music, theatre, dance and visual arts.
The composition is dominated by two overlapping forms based on the musical symbol f, meaning forte. The principal white form incorporates the Berlin bear and the city’s red and white colours, while the second carries the flags of France, Great Britain, the United States and West Germany.
These national emblems reflect the international and political character of the festival. Founded in West Berlin during the early Cold War, the Berliner Festwochen was conceived as a cultural showcase supported during its first two editions by the three Western Allied powers.
Edel’s elegant design combines a deep cobalt-blue background with sweeping geometric forms, restrained typography and vivid areas of red, yellow and white. The resulting image is a particularly accomplished example of early 1950s European modernist graphic design.
Printed in offset lithography by Greve-Druck in Berlin, this poster documents the second edition of a festival that later developed into the Berliner Festspiele. It is both an attractive cultural poster and a significant reminder of Berlin’s artistic reconstruction after the Second World War.
Original Poster
Exhibition - Music - Germany
Greve Berlin
Good condition
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