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Milton Glaser Poster Art 1981:
Milton Glaser San Francisco Opera: Vintage original Milton Glaser poster designed by Milton Glaser on the occasion of the San Francisco Opera's First International Summer Festival held June 12 - July 19, 1981.
Offset lithograph poster in colors. 1981.
24x36 inches.
Very good overall vintage condition with the exception of perhaps some minor signs of handling.
Vintage original print.
Unsigned from an edition of unknown.
Created to announce the company's 59th season, Glaser superimposes the head and torso of a sinuous Carmen on the erect back of the orchestra conductor. With bright colors she's flamboyant, he's in tuxedo black, and the forms meld with electric results.
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- Creator:Milton Glaser (1929 - 2020, American)
- Creation Year:1981
- Dimensions:Height: 36 in (91.44 cm)Width: 24 in (60.96 cm)
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- Gallery Location:NEW YORK, NY
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU354313248862
Milton Glaser
Milton Glaser may be best known for a 1977 doodle that became his hometown’s unofficial slogan: I ♥️ NY. But the Bronx-born graphic designer had many other successes during his nearly 70-year career, including iconic posters and prints and cofounding the groundbreaking design firm Push Pin Studios.
In the 1950s, American graphics tended toward a Swiss-influenced precision. Glaser, however, pulled from the whole of art history for his designs, inspired by his studies with the painter Giorgio Morandi while on a Fulbright scholarship in 1952. His famous Bob Dylan poster, a landmark of the psychedelic age, was inspired by a Marcel Duchamp self-portrait and the jewel-like colors of Islamic art.
A cofounder of New York magazine, Glaser went on to design for scores of other publications, and in 2009 he was awarded the National Medal of Arts.
In an instance of life imitating art, Glaser was asked to create the promotional posters for the final season of Mad Men, which aired in 2014 and 2015. “I could have walked in the door of that firm,” the designer told the New York Times of the fictional Sterling Cooper & Partners. “I knew those people.”
“There are three responses to a piece of design — yes, no and wow!” he said. “Wow is the one to aim for.” Glaser rarely, if ever, missed the mark. He died of a stroke in 2020.
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