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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Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Link to Original Record
Record ID
chndm_2009-12-25