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Ivan Chermayeff
Whimsical Graphic Design Abstract Collage - Brno Mechanic Bold Colors

1998

About the Item

World renowbed Graphic Designer Ivan Chermayeff creates whimsical abstract collage characters in bold colors . Here we have Brno Mechanic. Mixed media collage on paper, 1998, signed 'Ivan Chermayeff', titled and dated lower right. on heavy Arches paper. Framed under plexi 33.5 x 25.5 Slight Staining near glove and minor scattered surface soiling. Otherwise apparently in good condition. Chermayeff & Geismar It was founded in 1957 by the two Yale graduates Ivan Chermayeff and Tom Geismar as well as Robert Brownjohn, a protégé of László Moholy-Nagy and Chermayeff's father, industrial designer Serge Chermayeff, at the New Bauhaus in Chicago.[2] Brownjohn, who struggled with heroin addiction for most of his adult life, left the partnership to join J. Walter Thompson's London branch in 1959. The firm has designed logos for such companies as Pan Am, Mobil Oil, PBS, Chase Bank, Barneys New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Xerox, Smithsonian Institution, NBC, Cornell University, National Geographic,[3] State Farm,[4] and many others. Ivan Chermayeff and Tom Geismar were awarded the AIGA Medal in 1979.[5][6] Chermayeff died on December 3, 2017, at the age of 85.[7][8]
  • Creator:
    Ivan Chermayeff (1932 - 2017, American)
  • Creation Year:
    1998
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 30 in (76.2 cm)Width: 22 in (55.88 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Movement & Style:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
    Slight Staining near glove and minor scattered surface soiling. Otherwise apparently in good condition.
  • Gallery Location:
    Miami, FL
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU385314672022

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