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Milton Glaser Mixed Media

American, 1929-2020

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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Artist: Milton Glaser
Untitled signed abstract mixed media landscape mid century modern (unique)
By Milton Glaser
Located in New York, NY
MILTON GLASER Untitled Abstract Landscape, 1965 Monotype with Mixed Media 11 × 13 inches Signed and dated 1965 on the lower right recto Unique Frame included: held in original vinta...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Milton Glaser Mixed Media

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Juilliard School of Music (Ladder) poster - Original art
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Milton Glaser creates a brilliant graphic symbolizing a pathway to success and more. Original art Cut Paper collage and colored pencil 19 1/2 x 13 5/8 Signed to lower edge ‘Milton ...
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1980s Contemporary Milton Glaser Mixed Media

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Laid Paper, Pencil

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