1982
Milton Glaser may be best known for a 1977 doodle that became his hometown’s unofficial slogan: I ♥️ NY. But the Bronx-born graphic designer had many other successes during his nearly 70-year career, including iconic posters and prints and cofounding the groundbreaking design firm Push Pin Studios.
In the 1950s, American graphics tended toward a Swiss-influenced precision. Glaser, however, pulled from the whole of art history for his designs, inspired by his studies with the painter Giorgio Morandi while on a Fulbright scholarship in 1952. His famous Bob Dylan poster, a landmark of the psychedelic age, was inspired by a Marcel Duchamp self-portrait and the jewel-like colors of Islamic art.
A cofounder of New York magazine, Glaser went on to design for scores of other publications, and in 2009 he was awarded the National Medal of Arts.
In an instance of life imitating art, Glaser was asked to create the promotional posters for the final season of Mad Men, which aired in 2014 and 2015. “I could have walked in the door of that firm,” the designer told the New York Times of the fictional Sterling Cooper & Partners. “I knew those people.”
“There are three responses to a piece of design — yes, no and wow!” he said. “Wow is the one to aim for.” Glaser rarely, if ever, missed the mark. He died of a stroke in 2020.
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Milton Glaser's original 1975 poster for the Saratoga Performing Arts
By Milton Glaser
Located in PARIS, FR
Few graphic artists defined the cultural rhythm of postwar America as distinctly as Milton Glaser, and his 1975 poster for the Saratoga Performing Arts Center is no exception. Celebr...
Paper, Lithograph
1989 poster by Milton Glaser for New York’s prestigious Juilliard School
By Milton Glaser
Located in PARIS, FR
In this 1989 poster created for New York’s prestigious Juilliard School, Milton Glaser — the iconic designer behind the “I ♥ NY” logo — offers a minimalist yet deeply poetic metaphor...
Paper, Lithograph
1989 original poster by Milton Glaser - for the centennial of Vincent van Gogh
By Milton Glaser
Located in PARIS, FR
In 1989, on the centennial of Vincent van Gogh's death, iconic American graphic designer Milton Glaser created this bold and intellectually playful poster titled "Ceci n'est pas une ...
Paper, Lithograph
Milton Glaser's original poster for The New Mechanic Baltimore Center
By Milton Glaser
Located in PARIS, FR
An icon of American graphic design, Milton Glaser lent his visionary aesthetic to this 1979 poster celebrating the Morris A. Mechanic Theatre in Baltimore, known here as “The New Mec...
Paper, Lithograph
1977 original exhibition poster by Milton Glaser presents "Floating Pear"
By Milton Glaser
Located in PARIS, FR
The 1977 original exhibition poster by Milton Glaser presents "Floating Pear," a captivating artwork that showcases the distinctive style and creative vision of the renowned graphic ...
Paper
Original 1967 exhibition poster Museum of contemporary art Chicago
Located in PARIS, FR
This is an original 1967 exhibition poster designed by Sherman Mutchnick for the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, announcing the influential show “Pictures to be Read / Poetry ...
Paper, Lithograph
The 46th Annual Exhibition of Advertising and Editorial Art and Design Poster
By Milton Glaser
Located in New York, NY
First edition, 4-color offset printed poster of this influential and now iconic Psychedelic-era image, commissioned as a call for entries for the 46th annual Exhibition of Advertising and Editorial Art and Design. Designed by Tom Daly, who also did the body painting with theatrical greasepaint and water-soluble acrylics on model Wandy Embry, and photographed by Kenneth Harris...
Paper
Milton Glaser 'SVA- The First Forty Years' 1987- Offset Lithograph
By Milton Glaser
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper Size: 45 x 29.5 inches ( 114.3 x 74.93 cm ) Image Size: 45 x 29.5 inches ( 114.3 x 74.93 cm ) Framed: No Condition: A-: Near Mint, very light signs of handling Additional Detai...
Offset
Vintage Bob Dylan Souvenir Poster (Milton Glaser Bob Dylan 1960s)
By Milton Glaser
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Original 1967 Milton Glaser Fold Out Poster for Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits. Offset lithograph printed in colors 33 x 22 in (83.82 x 55.88 cm) Fold lines as issued; very good vinta...
Lithograph
Vintage Bob Dylan Souvenir Poster (Milton Glaser Bob Dylan 1960s)
By Milton Glaser
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Original 1967 Milton Glaser Fold Out Poster for Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits. Offset lithograph printed in colors 33 x 22 in (83.82 x 55.88 cm) Fold lines as issued; very good vinta...
Lithograph
Original Vintage Bob Dylan Poster Created by Milton Glaser 1966
By Milton Glaser
Located in Boca Raton, FL
This is an original vintage poster created in the mid 1960's to coincide with the release of Dylan's Greatest Hits album. It was created by the renowned American artist, Milton Glase...
Lithograph
Olympia and Ollie
By Milton Glaser
Located in New York, NY
Frame: 22 x 29 in. Signed, titled, and editioned in pencil
Lithograph
A new exhibition in Philadelphia stars a complex decade that continues to inspire.
The career of legendary graphic designer Milton Glaser has been varied and vast, from co-founding New York magazine and devising the iconic I ♥ NY logo in the 1960s and '70s up through creating the Brooklyn Brewery logo and Mad Men posters. And today, at age 86, he's still producing thoughtful, impactful and singular work.
