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Blowing in the Mind / Mister Tambourine Man

Cooper Hewitt

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Object Details

Designer

Martin Sharp, Australian, 1942 - 2013

For

Big O Posters Ltd., England, United Kingdom, active 1960s

Catalogue Status

Research in Progress

Description

Large, central image of Bob Dylan in metallic gold and red, with singer wearing glasses containing text: "Blowing in the Mind" in metallic red. This portrait contains multi-sized radiating circular patterns in Dylan's hair, also in metallic gold and red. Additionally, portrait contains motifs from Albrecht Durer's series of woodblock prints for embroidery patterns, located in the middle of the singer's forehead as well as between circular patterns in upper section of poster. Also features a smaller image of Dylan in profile in the poster's lower section, in metallic red, facing left, in front of text: "Mister Tambourine Man" in metallic gold.

Credit Line

Gift of Sara and Marc Benda

Date

1968

Accession Number

2009-12-25

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Type

graphic design

Object Name

Poster

Type

Poster

Medium

Lithograph on wove paper

Dimensions

H x W: 74.6 × 49.4 cm (29 3/8 × 19 7/16 in.)

made in

USA

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department

Data Source

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Metadata Usage

Not determined

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4b24b9fb1-e21e-4bf7-b638-e6cd3bed8b32

Record ID

chndm_2009-12-25

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