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
- 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
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1981-29-511
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4f91ab291-54d3-4bcb-88c3-125119573067
