SAME POSTER? AMES BROS = DAILY HERALD

awang_vedder
awang_vedder Jakarta, Indonesia Posts: 191
edited November 2011 in The Art Wall
PLAGIARISM?
i dont know :) but i think somebody in this forum should know this

PEARL JAM PHILADELPHIA 2006 (AMES BROS/ 2006)
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for BIGSIZE, click here: http://gigposters.com/posters/TN_65287.JPG

DAILY HERALD POSTER (Edward McKnight Kauffer / c.1919)
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for BIGSIZE, click here: http://www.vamuseum.jp/sites/default/files/highlights_related_images/6_1_0.png

ENJOY
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  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 31,379
    blatant plagiarism. not the first time. luckily, most PJ posters are "original."
    If I had known then what I know now...

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  • AndySlash
    AndySlash Posts: 3,287
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_McKnight_Kauffer

    he's from great falls, montana
  • Wilds
    Wilds Posts: 4,329
    It's an homage. It's done on purpose.


    Plagiarism.
    :roll: :roll: :roll:
  • Whiteriot
    Whiteriot Posts: 40
    Wilds wrote:
    It's an homage. It's done on purpose.


    Plagiarism.
    :roll: :roll: :roll:

    exactly, there is a great article somewhere about influences form other forms of design on gig posters ,
  • Dead Man Walking
    Dead Man Walking Toronto-ish Posts: 2,762
    If I'm not mistaken, there is (was) a thread on here about this poster and how Ames took it from some famous piece of art. Don't give Ames all the credit for this one.

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