Poster, Checkmate, Ballet by Arthur Bliss, 1937

Poster design for Checkmate play against a black background. Upper margin, in white and red: CHECKMATE / [in white:] BALLET BY ARTHUR BLISS. A white wig-like design over black outline against a blue rectangle, a grid in white leads to another wig-like element in orange over a white outline against an amorphous gray shape. Text in white and outlined in black: ECHEC; below it, in white: ET MAT; lower right, in gray and white: SCHACHMATT; lower left in gray: NOVELLOW AND COMPANY LTD. LONDON.