Category: Artworks

A looming mask dominates the upper half of E. Lukàcs’s 1939 poster, its pale, stylized face emerging from a field of deep shadow. Bold block lettering—“LASCH VEILIG”—cuts across the top like a warning banner, while the stark contrast and simplified forms give the design the punch of modernist graphic art. Even without additional context, the…

Bold color and a touch of humor define this poster by V. Riel, likely produced sometime between 1950 and 1970. A wide-eyed fly hovers against a flat green field, its striped body and translucent wings rendered in a graphic, almost cartoon-like style. Below, a neatly covered dish anchors the composition, leaving plenty of open space…

Bold, spare graphics and a dark blue field set the tone for this 1960 design, where the Dutch word “veiligheidsmiddelen” (safety equipment) stands out in bright yellow. A simplified figure is reduced to essentials—helmet, goggles, glove, and boot—connected by a dotted outline that reads like an instructional diagram. The anonymous designer’s economy of form turns…

Cut into a simplified, almost totemic figure, this small paper form reads like a playful “paper mosaic” in miniature—arms lifted, body reduced to bold contours, and a few punched holes that suggest eyes and fastening points. The warm, worn surface hints at age and handling, while the edges reveal the artist’s decisive hand with scissors…

A confident, angular figure sits on a simple bench, built from sweeping lines and bold hatching that feel both playful and deliberate. The face is rendered in layered profiles—one dark silhouette behind another—turning a quiet seated pose into a study of time, memory, and shifting perspective. Dated “26.12.66” in the corner, this artwork ties neatly…

A quiet domestic scene unfolds in spare, confident linework: a small bear stands watching while a young child kneels close, intent on the task at hand. Beside them, a donkey-like companion lies low to the ground, the posture suggesting weariness or patient resignation, as if pausing mid-adventure. The blank background keeps the focus on gesture…

Against a wide field of blank paper, a small bear pauses at the edge of a bathmat, one paw lifted to his head in a gesture that reads as worry, embarrassment, or deep thought. The mat stretches away like a stage, its stitched border carefully indicated, and the words “I AM FATTY” scrawled across it…

Two contrasting expressions are staged with almost theatrical clarity: at left, a man faces the camera with dampened eyes and a tightened mouth, the look of weeping or pity held in place; at right, his profile softens into a more relaxed, settled face. The simple backdrop keeps attention on the shifting muscles around the brow,…

Fear is written across the subject’s face, mouth agape and eyes widened as two attendants hold him in place. One figure, dressed in dark formal clothing, leans in with calm concentration while a thin wire and small instrument are positioned near the head, suggesting an early electrical or medical procedure. The contrast between the patient’s…

Roland Topor’s spare line work meets a blunt, modern title on this French cover, where “LES MASOCHISTES” shouts in red beneath the author’s name. At center, a seated woman in lingerie holds a thin cord or whip-like line, her eyes lowered in a gesture that reads as calm, resigned, or deliberately composed. The off-white field…