Date: 1994
Size: 40.5 x 27 inches
Size: 40.5 x 27 inches
Artist: Milton Glaser
Printer: Toppan Printing Co.
Printer: Toppan Printing Co.
About The 100 Best Posters Collection: This poster was originally created by Milton Glaser in 1966 for Columbia Records and represent the musician Bob Dylan. This is an official reissue from 1994 from the collection The 100 best posters from Europe and the United States / 1945-1990.
"In describing the rationale behind this portfolio, Hiromichi Fujita, the President of Toppan Printing Co., explains in the introduction that, "the decision to publish The 100 Best Posters from Europe and the United States 1945-1990 was motivated by our earlier collection of Japanese reproductions published four years ago . . . the first collection was intended as a small contribution to the field of graphic design, which has enjoyed an inseparable relationship with the printing industry for many years now." The selection of posters in this collection were chosen by a panel consisting of Steven Heller, Alain Weill, Milton Glaser and Yusaku Kamekura. All posters chosen (...) were reproduced and were then donated to art museums and related educational institutions in 200 locations around the world. In addition to being forms of expression, these posters, which were created in the diverse social conditions that have prevailed since the end of World War II, truly serve as a testament to the age in which they were produced." (Source: swanngalleries.com)
About the poster: Commissioned by Columbia Records to be included in an album of Bob Dylan's greatest hits, this poster has come to emblemize America in the 1960s. The Dylan silhouette derives from a Marcel Duchamp cut-paper self-portrait and the lettering is Glaser's Baby Teeth, inspired by Italian and Mexican Art Deco display faces. These elements, combined with the psychedelic mane of hair, form an original composition that continues to be copied and parodied. Because of the album's popularity, this poster became the most widely distributed of Glaser's career, which spans moroe than thirty years and includes scores of poster designs. (Source: The 100 best posters from Europe and the United States / 1945-1990, p.94)
This poster is in good condition and ready to be framed.