Cat. № POSTER-236 · Archive reference image
Design Objects № 236
L'Inconnu Subversif: Porcelaine Carnaval
Available · one owner onlyArchive note
Promotional poster for a lost 1950s French avant-garde theater production or carnival spectacle, featuring an unnamed porcelain figurine reimagined as a subversive icon. The piece captures a moment when European design and surrealist performance collided with mid-century kitsch aesthetics—suggesting a work that challenged taste hierarchies by elevating decorative objects to cultural protagonists. Collectors of design history and forgotten European modernism will recognize the tension between playful maximalism and conceptual critique.
One artifact. One owner. On acquisition it is permanently retired from the archive. You receive the high-resolution file and a signed certificate of exclusivity.
About the certificate →Print specification
1536 × 2752 px · 4.2 MP · portrait
- Section
- Design Objects
- Style
- Pastel modernist typography, sculptural product photography
- Mood
- whimsical, subversive, uncanny elegance
- Palette
- mint green, pale pink, soft yellow, cream
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