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.
Find a collection of authentic Milton Glaser art on 1stDibs.
H 25 in W 18 in D 0.1 in
1973 Dionne Warwick - Honolulu Original Vintage Poster
Located in Winchester, GB
This stunning poster and rare poster designed by K. Pascoe for the legendary Dionne Warwick's concert at the Honolulu International Center Arena in Hawaii. The concert was held on Ma...
Paper
H 35 in W 23 in D 0.1 in
1969 Stan Getz & Dionne Warwick - Symphony Hall Original Vintage Poster
Located in Winchester, GB
This stunning poster was designed by Sanford Hoffman for the legendary 1969 gig by jazz saxophonist Stan Getz and singer Dionne Warwick at the New York Symphony Hall. The concert was...
Paper
H 36 in W 24 in D 0.1 in
1969 The Supremes, Lincoln Center Original Vintage Poster
By Joe Eula
Located in Winchester, GB
Renowned fashion illustrator Joe Eula was commissioned to design this poster for the sold out show for The Supremes in 1965 at New York's distinguished Philharmonic Hall at the Linco...
Paper
H 37 in W 23 in D 0.1 in
1968 Judy Garland - Lincoln Center Original Vintage Poster
By Seymour Chwast
Located in Winchester, GB
Wonderful poster advertising the iconic singer, actress and dancer Judy Garland's live concert at New York City's Lincoln Center Philharmonic Hall on February 28th 1968. The concert ...
Paper
H 36.5 in W 23 in D 0.1 in
1968 Stevie Wonder, Lincoln Center Original Vintage Poster
By Milton Glaser
Located in Winchester, GB
Beautiful lithographic poster created in 1968 to promote Stevie Wonder's show at Philharmonic Hall at Lincoln Center in New York City. The concert was held on September 26th 1968 at ...
Paper
H 33 in W 22 in D 0.1 in
1967 Bob Dylan - Milton Glaser Original Vintage Poster
By Milton Glaser
Located in Winchester, GB
Celebrated graphic designer Milton Glaser was commissioned to create this special poster to package with Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits album in 1966. With Dylan suffering serious injurie...
Paper
H 42 in W 29.5 in D 1.5 in
Original Bob Dylan Poster by Milton Glaser
By Milton Glaser
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Milton Glasser Designed Bob Dylan Poster. Nice condition showing pin holes in all 4 corners. Overall in nice original condition! Shows signs of ori...
Paper
H 32.88 in W 22.05 in D 0.04 in
Original Vintage Music Poster Bob Dylan Milton Glaser Psychedelic Design Art
By Milton Glaser
Located in London, GB
Original vintage music poster from the sixties psychedelic era featuring an iconic image of the influential musician Bob Dylan (Robert Allen Zimm...
Paper
H 12 in W 63 in D 0.02 in
The 46th Annual Exhibition of Advertising and Editorial Art and Design Poster
By Milton Glaser
Located in New York, NY
First edition, 4-color offset printed poster of this influential and now iconic Psychedelic-era image, commissioned as a call for entries for the 46th annual Exhibition of Advertising and Editorial Art and Design. Designed by Tom Daly, who also did the body painting with theatrical greasepaint and water-soluble acrylics on model Wandy Embry, and photographed by Kenneth Harris...
Paper
H 34.5 in W 23.7 in D 0.1 in
1970 New York Film Festival Rosenquist Original Vintage Poster
By James Rosenquist
Located in Winchester, GB
Beautiful poster for the 8th New York Film Festival, held between September 10th to 20th 1970 at the Philharmonic Hall at Lincoln Center. This piece "Short Cuts" was designed by the ...
Paper
'Breakfast at Tiffany's' Original Vintage US One Sheet Movie Poster, 1961
By Robert E. McGinnis
Located in Devon, GB
In the pantheon of American movie posters, it doesn't get more iconic than this - the spectacular US one-sheet poster for 'Breakfast at Tiffany's'. Designed by legendary poster artis...
Paper, Linen
Barbet Schroeder 'More' Original Vintage Movie Poster, Japanese, 1971
Located in Devon, GB
A bewitching full-bleed black and white photograph of a supine Mimsy Farmer confronts us on this scarce english-language poster for the first Japanese release of Barbet Schroeder's 1...
Paper, Linen
'The Man with the Golden Arm' Original Movie Poster by Saul Bass, British, 1956
By Saul Bass
Located in Devon, GB
Based on a novel by Nelson Algren, Otto Preminger's controversial and groundbreaking 1955 drama "The Man with the Golden Arm" starred Frank Sinatra in an...
Paper
'An Ideal Husband' Original Vintage Movie Poster by Wiktor Gorka, Polish, 1956
By Wiktor Gorka
Located in Devon, GB
Although Western films were shown during the Soviet era in the Communist Bloc, American publicity materials were banned, allowing the state-commissioned artists to operate with total creative freedom from the demands of the big Hollywood studios...
Paper, Linen
B.B. King Original Concert Poster for the Boston Tea Party, Boston, 1970
Located in Devon, GB
A scarce original concert poster for a run of shows headlined by B.B. King with support from Cold Blood and J. Geils Band at the Boston Tea Party in Boston, Massachusetts, from Thurs...
Paper
'Ulysses' Original Vintage Movie Poster by Wiktor Gorka, Polish, 1957
By Wiktor Gorka
Located in Devon, GB
A simplified adaptation of Homer's 'Odyssey,' the 1954 Italian fantasy-adventure film 'Ulysses' follows the warrior king on his wandering ten year journey home to Ithaca after the Trojan War, where his loyal queen and son pray for his safe return. Kirk Douglas starred as the titular Greek hero, alongside producer Dino De Laurentiis' wife Silvana Mangano in a double role as both the faithful wife Penelope and mysterious sorceress Circe. Shot over seven months on a budget of $3 million, with almost a year in post-production, 'Ulysses' earned $124 million at the US box office alone and provided a template for Italian productions to come, igniting the sword-and-sandal craze for lavish Greco-Roman historical...
Paper
A new exhibition in Philadelphia stars a complex decade that continues to inspire.
The career of legendary graphic designer Milton Glaser has been varied and vast, from co-founding New York magazine and devising the iconic I ♥ NY logo in the 1960s and '70s up through creating the Brooklyn Brewery logo and Mad Men posters. And today, at age 86, he's still producing thoughtful, impactful and singular work.
