Corneille - Rigoletto . Hommage à Verdi . - 1990s

This poster is a work by the Dutch artist Corneille (Guillaume Cornelis van Beverloo, 1922-2010), a founding member of the CoBrA art movement.

Corneille (signature at the top right « corneille '90 » and in red above the image).
Title / Theme: Rigoletto – Homage aan Verdi (Hommage à Verdi in Dutch).
Date: 1990.
Subject: A colorful representation in homage to the opera Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi. It features the emblematic motifs of Corneille's style: vivid and contrasting colors, shapes outlined in black, a crowned figure (evoking the king or the duke) associated with a stylized bird/rooster.
Carefully shipped in a rigid cardboard tube.