Object Details
Designer
Richard Avedon, American, 1923–2004
Publisher
Cowles Education Corporation, New York, New York, USA
For
Richard Avedon Posters, Inc., New York, New York, USA
Association
Maximus Enterprises, Ltd., England
NEMS Enterprises, Ltd., London, England
For
Look Magazine, Des Moines, Iowa, USA
Printer
Waterlow & Sons, Ltd., London, England
Description
A depiction of the head and shoulders of musician John Lennon on vibrant yellow ground. The left side of image and hair saturated in bright orange-red; the right side of image in deep purple. The features are visible as in a photographic negative with negative areas highlighted in bright white. Superimposed on the face, a pair of round glasses with lenses formed by bright orange, green, and white spirals.
Credit Line
Gift of Various Donors
Date
1967
Accession Number
1981-29-511
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Copyright Notice
© 1967 by NEMS Enterprises, Ltd. All rights reserved, published and distributed by Cowles Education Corporation, 488 Madison/Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10022, in cooperation with Richard Avedon Posters, Inc. exclusively under license from Maximus Enterprises, Ltd.
Type
graphic design
Object Name
Poster
Type
Poster
Medium
Offset lithograph on white wove paper
Dimensions
79.2 × 57.3 cm (31 3/16 × 22 9/16 in.)
made in
USA
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Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Link to Original Record
Record ID
chndm_1981-29-511