Original 1978 Andy Warhol Exhibition Poster, Kunsthaus Zürich, Swiss Design

Original Andy Warhol / Kunsthaus Zürich poster, designed by Atelier Paul Brühwiler for the major 1978 exhibition at the Kunsthaus Zürich.

This is one of the most visually compelling Warhol exhibition posters of the period: spare, intelligent, and instantly recognisable. Rather than reproducing one of Warhol’s most commercial images, Brühwiler builds the design around Warhol’s face itself, fractured through intersecting planes of soft blue, green, and pale pink. The result is unmistakably Warhol, but filtered through the cool clarity of late-1970s Swiss graphic design. It is both portrait and poster, both promotion and artwork.

What makes this piece especially appealing is the way it bridges two collecting worlds. For the Warhol buyer, it is a genuine period museum poster tied to a major European exhibition. For the design-led buyer, it is a large-format graphic object with remarkable wall presence — restrained, architectural, and sophisticated, with the portrait dissolved into clean fields of colour and line. It has the kind of quiet confidence that makes it sit beautifully in an interior without needing to shout.

The poster was produced for the Kunsthaus Zürich exhibition held from 26 May to 30 July 1978, with the opening hours printed vertically along the right edge. Auction records for this poster note the upper-left atelier stamp in print: “78, Atelier Paul Brühwiler”, a detail that supports the authenticity of your example and ties it directly to the original exhibition issue. The standard recorded format is approximately 127 × 90 cm.

This is an authentic original 1978 exhibition poster, not a later reproduction.

Artist / designer: Atelier Paul Brühwiler / Paul Brühwiler Title: Andy Warhol / Kunsthaus Zürich Date: 1978 Venue: Kunsthaus Zürich Country: Switzerland Medium: Original exhibition poster in colours on paper Size: 127 × 90 cm Condition: Excellent overall condition, freshly professionally linen backed and restored Framing: Unframed

A highly displayable original for collectors of Warhol, Pop Art, Swiss graphic design, and museum exhibition posters.

Please review all photographs carefully, as they form part of the description. Packed with great care and shipped fully insured.