Ivan Chermayeff Art
American, 1932-2017
Ivan Chermayeff (1932 - 2017) was an American illustrator and graphic designer. He was a founding partner of New York-based branding and graphic design firm Chermayeff & Geismar, creators of many of the world's most iconic and enduring brands. Founded in 1957 by Yale graduates Ivan Chermayeff and Tom Geismar, 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, State Farm and many others. Ivan Chermayeff and Tom Geismar were awarded the AIGA Medal in 1979.
The firm is known for the exhibits and environmental art installations it has designed, including the Ellis Island Immigration Museum, the Statue of Liberty Museum, two World's Fair pavilions (the U.S. pavilions of 1967 and 1970), and the red number 9 at 9 West 57th Street in New York City.to
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Customs Inspector, Screenprint Collage by Ian Chermayeff
By Ivan Chermayeff
Located in Long Island City, NY
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Lincoln Center Film Festival Poster Hand Signed by Ivan Chermayeff vintage frame
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Located in New York, NY
Ivan Chermayeff
Lincoln Center Film Festival Poster (Hand Signed by Ivan Chermayeff), 1999
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Chine Colle Photo Collage Assemblage Art Jockey, President Clinton Invitation
By Ivan Chermayeff
Located in Surfside, FL
Ivan Chermayeff born London, United Kingdom, 1932
Chermayeff was one of the greatest American graphic designers, the son of the Russian born, British architect Serge Chermayeff. Ivan...
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Gorbachev's Head (Perestroika/Glasnost aka Gorby's Head) SIGNED by Chermayeff
By Ivan Chermayeff
Located in New York, NY
IVAN CHERMAYEFF
Perestroika/Glasnost (Aka Gorby's Head), 1991
Silkscreen on wove paper
Hand signed in pencil by Ivan Chermayeff. One of only a handful of known signed copies.
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Innocent Japanese Person, Abstract Screenprint by Ivan Chermayeff
By Ivan Chermayeff
Located in Long Island City, NY
This screenprint and collage was created by Ivan Chermayeff, a noted graphic designer who created the now-famous logos for companies and institutions such as the Smithsonian, Nationa...
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1990s Cubist Ivan Chermayeff Art
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Surrealist Photo Collage Assemblage Art Butterfly Mouth Ivan Chermayeff
By Ivan Chermayeff
Located in Surfside, FL
Ivan Chermayeff (1932-2017):
Butterfly Mouth
Mixed media collage, 2002, hand signed 'Ivan Chermayeff' and dated lower right, titled lower left.
Bears label from David Findlay Jr. Gallery, NY.
22 1/2 x 15 in. (sheet), 25 3/4 x 18 1/4 in. (frame).
Provenance: The estate of the artist.
Ivan Chermayeff born London, United Kingdom, 1932
Chermayeff was one of the greatest American graphic designers, the son of the Russian born, British architect Serge Chermayeff. Ivan Chermayeff Graduated from the Phillips Academy of Andover, Massachusetts in 1950. He studied at Harvard until 1952, and the Institute of Design (New Bauhaus) until 1954. Graduated from the Yale School of Arts and Architecture in 1955 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts. The same year he did a short apprenticeship with Alvin Lustig—a pioneer of American graphic design—and then moved on to CBS as Assistant Art Director in record cover design. In 1956 he co-founded Brownjohn, Chermayeff & Geismar Associate, with Robert Brownjohn and his former schoolmate Tom Geismar. In 1959 Brownjohn left and the studio changed to Chermayeff & Geismar Inc. It soon became one of the best-known design firms worldwide. The firm produced over six-hundred marks, and they were among the very first to develop an abstract trademark (Chase Bank, 1960), still in use today. In 1964 they designed the outstanding corporate identity of Mobil Oil, that is one of the most recognizable identities ever.
From its foundation, the studio served major companies including Giorgio Armani, Barneys, Hearst, MoMA (Museum of Modern Art), National Geographic, NBC (National Broadcasting Company), PBS (Public Broadcasting Service), Rockefeller, and others. Recently, Serge Haviv joined as a new partner and the firm changed to Chermayeff & Geismar & Haviv.
Besides his design profession, Chermayeff is a talented illustrator artist and collagist. Many graphic pieces he made show a perfect balance of rational logics with imagination, featuring both abstract geometric shapes and figurative images. His collage works require a same sense of witty assemblage, where gathered information, like scraps of paper, stamps, and Polaroid photograph pictures combine as fragmented clues to a greater message. The Surrealist collages often take the shape of people, whose facial features are born of scraps and daily ephemera. They are amusing and infinitely thought-provoking; as Chermayeff has said, “Collages make it possible for everything to be something else.”
Board overseers at Parsons School of Design and trustee at New School University from 1988 to 2002. Visiting professor at Cooper Union, University of California, and Kansas City Art Institute. He started making collages at the age of 17 to overcome his fear of not being able to draw. They are mostly made from day-to-day ephemera: envelopes, stamps, cigarette packs, train tickets, strips of coloured paper, found images, stones from the beach or squashed rusty cans. Inspired by Surrealism and organised by the artist’s hand and complemented with strong lines, they make faces, figures, fragmented narratives. Like all great designs, they evoke surprise and the pleasure of recognition. As he put it: “Design is all about seeing and making connections which are not so obvious.”President of AIGA (American Institute of Graphic Arts) from 1963 to 1966. Trustee of MoMA (Museum of Modern Art) from 1965 to 1986. Member of the board of directors of IDCA (International Design Conference in Aspen) from 1968 to 1999. Board Director at Municipal Art Society of New York in 1972-76. Member of AGI (Alliance Graphique Internationale) since 1978. Board Director at Smithsonian Institution from 1988 to 1996. He was elected to the Hall of Fame of ADC New York (Art Directors Club) in 1982. Trustee of the Archives of America Art in 1987-90. Royal Designer for Industry since 1992.
He was awarded numerous prizes including the Industrial Art Medal from AIA (American Institute of Architects) in 1967, the Philadelphia College of Art Gold Medal in 1971, AIGA Gold Medal (American Institute of Graphic Arts) in 1979, the President’s Fellow Award from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1981, the First International Design Award from Japan Design Foundation in 1983, the Yale Arts Medal in 1985, the Distinguished Service Award from New School University in 1999, the Society of Illustrators Gold Medal in 2002, the Tokyo Type Directors Club Award in 2004, and the National Design Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2014.
He also received a honorary doctorate in law from the Portland School of Art in 1981, and two honorary doctorates in fine arts from the Philadelphia University of Arts and the Corcoran Museum of Art, Washington in 1991.
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Geisha in Amsterdam, Screenprint by Ivan Chermayeff
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Smoker, Abstract Screenprint by Ivan Chermayeff
By Ivan Chermayeff
Located in Long Island City, NY
This screenprint and collage was created by Ivan Chermayeff, a noted graphic designer who created the now-famous logos for companies and institutions such as the Smithsonian, Nationa...
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1990s Cubist Ivan Chermayeff Art
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Hassidic Smoker, Abstract Screenprint by Ivan Chermayeff
By Ivan Chermayeff
Located in Long Island City, NY
This screenprint and collage was created by Ivan Chermayeff, a noted graphic designer who created the now-famous logos for companies and institutions such as the Smithsonian, Nationa...
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1990s Cubist Ivan Chermayeff Art
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One-Eyed Peasant, Abstract Screenprint by Ivan Chermayeff
By Ivan Chermayeff
Located in Long Island City, NY
This screenprint and collage was created by Ivan Chermayeff, a noted graphic designer who created the now famous logos for companies and institutions such as the Smithsonian, Nationa...
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1990s Cubist Ivan Chermayeff Art
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Geometric Abstract Collage Flat Color "Old Lady with Spring Hat "
By Ivan Chermayeff
Located in Miami, FL
Famed graphic designer Ivan Chermayeff creates a portrait made from cut paper and magazine clippings. Chermayeff names it "Old Lady with Spring Hat " and as one views it "charming"...
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Crying Man Collage
By Ivan Chermayeff
Located in Miami, FL
Mixed media on paper, 1989, signed 'Ivan Chermayeff' and dated lower right, titled lower left.
29 1/2 x 22 in. (sheet), 32 1/2 x 24 1/2 in. (frame).
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1980s Modern Ivan Chermayeff Art
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Crying Man
By Ivan Chermayeff
Located in Miami, FL
Mixed media on paper, 1989, signed 'Ivan Chermayeff' and dated lower right, titled lower left.
29 1/2 x 22 in. (sheet), 32 1/2 x 24 1/2 in. (frame).
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1980s Modern Ivan Chermayeff Art
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Mixed Media, Laid Paper
Photo Technician
By Ivan Chermayeff
Located in Miami, FL
We have three Chermayeffs collage portraits and they work as a group.
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African with Brian's Note
By Ivan Chermayeff
Located in Miami, FL
Mixed media on paper, 1990, signed 'Ivan Chermayeff' and dated lower right, titled lower left.
30 x 22 in. (sheet), 36 x 28 in. (frame).
Provenance:The artist, Art Planning Consult...
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African with Brian's Note
By Ivan Chermayeff
Located in Miami, FL
Mixed media on paper, 1990, signed 'Ivan Chermayeff' and dated lower right, titled lower left.
30 x 22 in. (sheet), 36 x 28 in. (frame).
Provenance:The artist, Art Planning Consult...
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1990s Abstract Geometric Ivan Chermayeff Art
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Found Objects, Mixed Media, Archival Paper
Photo Technician
By Ivan Chermayeff
Located in Miami, FL
We have three Chermayeffs collage portraits and they work as a group.
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We have 3 stunning collage portraits by Cher...
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1990s Assemblage Ivan Chermayeff Art
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Whimsical Graphic Design Abstract Collage - Brno Mechanic Bold Colors
By Ivan Chermayeff
Located in Miami, FL
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...
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1990s Abstract Geometric Ivan Chermayeff Art
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Portrait of an African - Collage
By Ivan Chermayeff
Located in Miami, FL
Mixed media on paper, 1990, signed 'Ivan Chermayeff' and dated lower right, titled lower left.
30 x 22 in. (sheet), 36 x 28 in. (frame).
Provenance:The artist, Art Planning Consult...
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1990s Abstract Geometric Ivan Chermayeff Art
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Chermayeff was one of the greatest American graphic designers, the son of the Russian born, British architect Serge Chermayeff. Ivan Chermayeff Graduated from the Phillips Academy of Andover, Massachusetts in 1950. He studied at Harvard until 1952, and the Institute of Design (New Bauhaus) until 1954. Graduated from the Yale School of Arts and Architecture in 1955 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts. The same year he did a short apprenticeship with Alvin Lustig—a pioneer of American graphic design—and then moved on to CBS as Assistant Art Director in record cover design. In 1956 he co-founded Brownjohn, Chermayeff & Geismar Associate, with Robert Brownjohn and his former schoolmate Tom Geismar. In 1959 Brownjohn left and the studio changed to Chermayeff & Geismar Inc. It soon became one of the best-known design firms worldwide. The firm produced over six-hundred marks, and they were among the very first to develop an abstract trademark (Chase Bank, 1960), still in use today. In 1964 they designed the outstanding corporate identity of Mobil Oil, that is one of the most recognizable identities ever.
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