Hemingway: The Old Man and the Sea

Váradi, Iván

Erscheinungsdatum: 1965

Beschreibung

Size: Book cover design (cca. 11 x 19 cm). But he thought I keep them with precision Only I have no luck anymore But who knows Maybe today Every day is a new day It is better to be lucky But I would rather be exact Then when luck comes you are ready Ernest Hemingway The Old Man and the Sea This book cover design maquette was created in 1965 for a Hungarian edition of The Old Man and the Sea The Old Man and the Sea is a short novel written by the American author Ernest Hemingway in 1951 in Bimini Bahamas and published in 1952 It was the last major work of fiction by Hemingway that was published during his lifetime One of his most famous works it tells the story of Santiago an aging Cuban fisherman who struggles with a giant marlin far out in the Gulf Stream off the coast of Florida In 1953 The Old Man and the Sea was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and it was cited by the Nobel Committee as contributing to their awarding of the Nobel Prize in Literature to Hemingway in 1954 wikipedia org The painted book cover design is a spectacular piece It shows a concentrated painted composition with an abstract character In front of a deep green patched background a long crisscross white line appears artistically painted with a sudden move At the top it is connected to a triangular shaped part painted with fast brushwork The whole motif represents the skeleton of the fish with the head on as the story tells in the end and the background reminds of the depth of the sea The title appears on the left side in red and white painted font The creator of the artwork was Iv n V radi There is hardly any information about the artist but observing his available works we can come to several conclusions In the second part of the 1950s he used stiff elements and his designs had a simplified but expressive character During the 1960s his works were likely to have an artistic expressionist style and he was influenced by even minimalist cartoon like or abstract tendencies among other ones This modality was in harmony with the poster art of the decade as a bigger artistic freedom came true for designers and illustrators then Here V radi chose an abstract form to express the atmosphere of the book The piece is a good example for the ability of expressiveness of the artist With one well chosen and spontaneous gesture he could perfectly represent the skeleton This artwork shows the use of the graphical inventory of the internationally present abstract expressionist tendencies of the post war period with its loose brushwork dripping staining and other expressive painterly gestures. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 3322

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Hemingway: The Old Man and the Sea

Erscheinungsdatum: 1965

Einband: Paint on cardboard.

Zustand: Near mint.