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Warum denn nicht Frieden?
1982 · Offset lithograph
46 13/16 x 33 1/8" (119 x 84.2 cm)
Museum of Modern Art
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Günther Kieser
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The Modern Poster
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1988
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Word and Image: Posters and Typography from the Graphic Design Collection of the Museum of Modern Art, 1879�1967
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1968
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Museum of Modern Art, New York
1960–1961
About
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Günther Kieser is a German graphic designer and poster artist whose work in lithography and screenprint exemplifies postwar modernist reduction applied to political and social messaging. Operating across five decades, he built a visual language around bold typography, layered color fields, and symbolic imagery that became definitive to postwar German design practice. His posters address cultural and social themes through formal economy rather than ornament.
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