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Object Timeline

-0001	We photographed this object.
1968	Work on this object began.
2009	We acquired this object.
2014	We exhibited this object.
2021	You found it!

Poster, Blowing in the Mind/Mister Tambourine Man, 1968

This is a Poster. It is dated 1968 and we acquired it in 2009. Its medium is lithograph on wove paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

For this poster featuring Bob Dylan, Sharp drew inspiration from the musician’s signature curly hair. Radiating circular motifs imitate the curls and also borrow from Albrecht Dürer’s woodcut, seen nearby. Just above Dylan’s forehead and scattered throughout, Sharp inserts the knot patterns that Dürer created in the early 16th century.

This object was donated by Marc Benda. It is credited Gift of Sara and Marc Benda.

Square of wool tapestry containing an almost frontal bust of a woman with dark hair knotted at the back, gazing to her left, on a red ground. Broad frame imitating gold set with cabochons and rectangular faceted jewels in blue, green, red and white. The woman is wearing a pink garment with perhaps a mantle of sky blue on her right shoulder; she wears a white band in her hair, which is mingled dark blue and brown wefts.

Square (Egypt), 5th–7th century
wool.
Gift of John Pierpont Morgan.
1902-1-72

An intricate knotted design in a circular pattern with a circular central motif.

Print, The Third Knot (Interlace Pattern with White Medallion), ca. 1506-7
woodcut on off-white laid paper.
Museum purchase through gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
1944-37-1-b

Twelve concentric circles in red, orange and pink arranged in rows.

Sidewall, Tie-Dye, 1958
hand-dyed and folded japanese paper.
Gift of Barbara White.
2000-64-1

Our curators have highlighted 17 objects that are related to this one. Here are three of them, selected at random:

Vividly colored poster depicting the figure of a standing singer fused with that of a saxophonist, who forms the skirt of her dress. The figure(s) occupy a curtained stage with red flooring and landscape in background. Printed in bands across top: "NEWPORT JAZZ FESTIVAL / NEW YORK / 1954-1978 / 25 SUMMERS OF JAZZ / JUNE 23 - JULY 2.

Poster, Newport Jazz Festival, 1978
screenprint on paper.
Gift of Milton Glaser.
1979-42-4

On gray and white checkered ground, multicolored poster design in blue, purple and pink tones featuring an array of layered, overlapping geometric volumes in the form of triangular prisms, cylinders, spheres, and others. Each plane rendered in a different bright, flat color or in a checkered pattern of two colors; most feature printed text in typewriter-style font.

Poster, The Conversation Room: De Nieuwe Cultuur, Palace of Typographic...
screenprint on paper.
Gift of Richard Niessen.
2017-53-6

Twelve concentric circles in red, orange and pink in rows.

Sidewall, Tie-Dye, 1958
hand-dyed and folded japanese paper.
Gift of Barbara White.
2000-64-2

Its dimensions are

74.8 x 50.5 cm (29 7/16 x 19 7/8 in.)

Cite this object as

Poster, Blowing in the Mind/Mister Tambourine Man, 1968; USA; lithograph on wove paper; 74.8 x 50.5 cm (29 7/16 x 19 7/8 in.); Gift of Sara and Marc Benda; 2009-12-25

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Making Design.

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/2E1ik/
Accession Number 2009-12-25
Object ID 18731757