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Poster depicts an oculus of digital blocks of color, growing more concentrated as the blocks get smaller and closer to the center. Above: el atomo para la paz; below: GENERAL DYNAMICS; center right: solar dynamics.

Poster, El Atomo Para La Paz (Atoms for Peace), 1956
offset lithograph on paper.
Gift of Arthur Cohen and Daryl Otte in memory of Bill Moggridge.
2013-42-1

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Black and white image of a film negative across entire poster, showing men carrying signs. In bottom left, a splatter of red with white text on top. In top right, text reads: "TEATR NOWY" (NEW THEATRE) in white and "w Poznaniu" (in Poznań, Poland) in black. Text across bottom reads "Oskarzony:/ CZERWIEC PIECDZIESIATSZESC" (Accused June Fifty-Six) in white.

Poster, Oskarżony: Czerwiec Pięćdziesiąt Sześć [Accused June...
photo-offset lithograph on paper.
Gift of Sara and Marc Benda.
2009-20-24

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Standing figure in brown and black, turned to the face the right with a pocket watch on its side. The figure's head is replaced by a large blue eye. It holds a yellow telescope up to its eye with a mechanical arm shaped like a spring.

Drawing, Study of a Mechanical Figure, ca. 1935
brush and gouache, graphite on cream paper.
Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer.
1963-39-913

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

White cotton handkerchief with a map of the San Francisco Bay Area printed in black. Souvenir of the Golden Gate International World's Fair, 1939.

Handkerchief (USA), 1939
cotton.
Gift of Mrs. Henry M. Fechimer.
1941-61-16

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Design for a British General Post Office poster. Shape of a black telephone receiver facing forward, standing upright on a striped blue-gray ground. Text in white, at both ends of the receiver: "HELLO"; Superimposed overfblue brushtrokes in white and black text, center: THE TELEPHONE; below, on either side of the telephone receiver, in blue text: AT YOUR / SERVICE.

Drawing, Design for "The Telephone at Your Service", April 9, 1937
brush and gouache, graphite on paper.
Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer.
1963-39-524

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

On a white ground, a red fox in painterly style with black printed typewriter text: The quick brown / fox jumped ov / the lazy dog

Poster, The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog, ca. 1978
offset lithograph on paper.
Gift of Lois Ehlert.
1991-69-37

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Two skyscrapers, slightly varied in design, with covered malls at base are rendered in full at center, while in red ink at right the same are shown with technical specifications, including floor plans below.

Drawing, Two Skyscrapers, with Additional Elevation and Plan Views, 1932
pen and black, red ink; brush and dark gray wash, graphite on illustration board.
Gift of Mrs. Hugh Ferriss.
1964-5-6

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Print, Proposed Convocation Tower, Madison Square (Northeast Corner of Madison Avenue and East 26th Streeet)

Print, Proposed Convocation Tower, Madison Square (Northeast Corner of...
photostat mounted on illustration board.
1964-5-13

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

On black background, lollipops in orange, yellow, red, green, violet randomly arranged; each lollipop stick is inscribed with a line from a popular song. Inscription at top left: "Herman Miller Summer Picnic 1988".

Poster, Herman Miller Summer Picnic, 1988, 1988
screenprint with lacquer finish on wove paper.
Gift of Sara and Marc Benda.
2010-21-82

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Red ground. Black and white image of male dancer in a lunge pose, upper left quadrant. Four disembodied and enlarged segments of the dancer image (the head, torso, pointed left leg, and right leg in lunge) on organically shaped cream colored grounds in center.

Poster (USA), 1939
offset lithograph on cream paper.
Gift of Marion S. Rand.
2002-11-24

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

On a gray ground, text in black and three dancers in a column, each crossed by a stroke of a color: red, blue and black. Text: ZURCHERBALLETT / OPERNHAUS / AB 6. SEPTEMBER ’98 / VAN MANEN / METAFOREN SOLO / FORSYTHE / HERMAN SCHERMAN / SPOERLI / VERKLARTE NACHT.

Poster, Zürcher Ballet, van Manen, Forsythe, Spoerli, 1998
offset lithograph on wove paper.
Gift of Sara and Marc Benda.
2010-21-121

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Poster, Zürcher Theater Spektakel (Zürich Theatre Festival), 1996
offset lithograph on wove paper.
Gift of Sara and Marc Benda.
2010-21-91

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Poster advertising "Give Peace a Dance" 24-hour dance marathon at U of W Hub Ballroom. Features Mikhail Gorbachev dancing in drag with Ronald Regan, printed in black against orange. Red border with black text.

Poster, Give Peace a Dance, 1987
lithograph on white wove paper.
Gift of Art Chantry.
1995-69-72

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

CD cover design for David Byrne's album "Feelings" within clear plastic CD case; CD insert contains six pages. Cover: Close-up color photo reproduction of doll's head modelled after David Byrne (content expression) against blue background within rounded triple-line border (in black, orange, black). This packaging features happy, angry, sad, and content David Byrne dolls; the packaging includes a sophisticated, color-coded "David Byrne Mood Computer (printed on and under the disc) that lets you determine your current feelings. The type was made as an actual model and then photographed. Page 1: Title page, imprinted Feelin/gs David/Byrne" at center. Page 2. black and white photo reproduction of doll showing anger. Page 3/4: Credits imprinted, left, "ALL SONGS WRITTEN BY/ DAVID/ BRYNE/.../PUBLISHED BY/ MODLY FIG MUSIC BMI/.... At center, imprinted, "DESIGN BY/ SAGMEISTER, INC. NEW YORK, NY/ PHOTOGRAPHY BY TOM SCHERLITZ...DAVID BYRNE DOLL CLOTHES BY/ ADELLE LUTZ WITH MICHAEL DAUBE..." At lower right, imprinted "FOR MORE INFORMATION FO TO:/ www.luakabop.com". Page 5: Black and white photo reproduction of doll expressing sadness. Page 6. List of songs in two columns. From "FUZZY FREAKY....THEY ARE IN LOVE". Back of CD insert: Color photo reproduction of doll expressing happiness against yellow background. Double line border (in green and black) around page.
CD: Red arrow across center and imprinted in white: "Feelings DAVID BYRNE".
Underneath CD: Four pictures of doll showing four extreme emotions depicted in CD insert. Pictures superimposed on color wheel corresponding to color chart on top. Color chart shows gradation from blue, green, red, to yellow which signifies a certain degree of emotional state (from pale blue=Relaxed to pale yellow=Pleased).
Back of case: Color photo reproduction of full view of doll wearing jacket and black pants. On pink background, list of songs with color squares below showing the type of feeling each song produces.

Compact Disc Packaging, Compact Disk Cover for David Byrne's "Feelings", 1997
printed paper and plastic.
Gift of Sagmeister, Inc..
2000-61-7-a/c

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 6 images of this object.

Close up image of the moon with overlaid blue images of space shuttles. Imprinted in red ink, upper left:Americans Step into Space; center left in red ink, list of space craft in chronological order: Freedom 7/ 5/561 Shepard. FirstAmerican in Space...Apollo 17 (CM-America; LM-Challenger)/ 12/7-19/72 Cernan, Evans, Schmitt. Landed in /Taurus-Littrow region; Jack Schmitt...

Poster, Commemorative Poster: Americans Step into Space, 1976
offset lithograph on coated white wove paper.
Gift of Atelier Mourlot.
1991-69-47

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Poster depicts several overlapping circles in black, brown, and gray; and a plane flying through them. Above, text in Russian; center: astrodynamics; lower margin: GENERAL DYNAMICS.

Poster, Atoms for Peace, General Dynamics, 1955
offset lithograph on paper.
Gift of Arthur Cohen and Daryl Otte in memory of Bill Moggridge.
2013-42-11

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

The background is a black-and-white photograph of a multi-story apartment complex, taken from below. The name JEAN PROUVE runs along one of the vertical supports on the left and remaining text is placed in the two lowest trapezoidal-shaped areas.

Poster, Jean Prouvé: Architekt und Konstrukteur, 1978
offset lithograph on wove paper.
Gift of Sara and Marc Benda.
2010-21-44

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Spanish Civil War poster. Elongated female figure with blue sweater, black shorts, and orange ankle weights. She carries a large brown backpack, and leans over with hands on her knees. Above, white text in caps: UNION; in blue script: de; white text in caps: MUCHACHAS; bottom left below figure, blue text in small caps: CAMPAMENTO / DEPORTIVO / MINISTERIO DE INSTRUCCION / PUBLICA Y SANIDAD; bottom right, orange text in small caps: PATROCINADO / POR EL CONSEJO DE EDUCACION / FISICA Y DEPORTES. (Girls League Sports Camp Ministry of Public Health Instruction sponsored by Physical Education and Sports)

Poster, Union de Muchachas/ Campamento Deportivo (Girls League Sports Camp),...
lithograph on wove paper.
Gift of William P. Mangold.
1997-21-1

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Black hands with purple fingernails on yellow background at bottom, reaching up and playing black and white piano keys. Black keys become same purple as fingernails and extend up towards top of poster, becoming stripes on american flag. Flag's stars are white on darker purple background in top right corner. Text at bottom between hands: "1.April Willisau, Don pullen Quartet featuring Chico Freeman, Fred Hopkins, Bobby Battle, Hotel Mohren 20 Uhr."

Poster, Jazz Willisau: Don Pullen Quartet, 1978
offset lithograph.
Gift of Niklaus Troxler.
2009-3-3

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Large, bold, yellow letters cover entire poster from upper left to lower right. Text reads: McCOY / TYNER / SEXTET / WILLISAU / 3 APRIL 20h / MOHREN

Poster, McCoy Tyner Sextet, Jazz Festival Willisau, 1980
offset lithograph on paper.
Gift of Niklaus Troxler.
2009-3-4

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Black poster with many thin, parallel, vertically-oriented and irregularly spaced orange stripes covering entire area. Text created by closely-spaced orange stripes reads: Der Rote Bereich." White text on top and bottom reads: "Jazz in Willisau, Freitag 31. Oktober 2008, 20.30 Foroom. Frank Mobus, g, Rudi Mahall, bcl, Oliver Steidle, dr."

Poster, Der Rote Bereich [The Red Range], 2008
offset lithograph.
Gift of Niklaus Troxler.
2009-3-5

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Mold of a vase of flowers.

Book, Zumtobel 01-02 Annual Report, 2002
heat molded wove paper, digitally color printed wove paper.
Gift of Stefan Sagmeister.
2011-34-7

This object was made by Zumtobel AG.
This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 6 images of this object.

Print, Keep It Under Your Stetson, ca. 1943
offset lithograph on paper, mounted on blue paper.
Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer.
1963-39-726

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

In pink and red, framed by border of text on light pink ground: Shakespeare in the Park [sponsors], PUBLIC. In center: ROMEO AND JULIET + A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM / FREE / LOVE / IN CENTRAL PARK.

Poster, Shakespeare in the Park 2007: Romeo and Juliet/A Midsummer Night's...
offset lithograph on varnish coated paper.
Gift of Paula Scher.
2013-25-9

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Exhibition poster with black outlined vertical oval three squares inside at bottom right. Squares are randomly placed, mostly oriented diagonally. Squares are colored top to bottom: tan, pink and yellow. Black title text in each square with smaller white text.

Poster, Japans Speel-goed [Japanese Toys], 1962
offset lithography.
Gift of Pieter Brattinga.
2000-75-6

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Male peasant holding a gardening tool above his head; field of hills and large white clouds in background. Red and black text, upper left: Campesinos:/ para acabar con; yellow text, bottom left: la; text in white caps diagonally across field, bottom half: ESPECULACIÓN; yellow and red text, bottom right: solo hay/ un medio/ la / Cooperativa. (Peasants: in order to stop the speculation, there is only one way, the co-operative)

Poster, Campesinos: Para Acabar con la Especulación Solo Hay un Medio la...
lithograph on paper.
Gift of William P. Mangold.
1997-21-21

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

TP846.U62 N5 1939

Book Illustration, The Miracle of Glass … Its Glorious Past, Its Thrilling...
photomechanical process on paper.
Collection of Smithsonian Institution Libraries.
SIL39088011864071

Poster design promoting the electrical power of the London Underground. At center, a spinning black wheel from which extends a black arm with clenched hand. Lightning bolts issue from the fist. At upper right, a red power plant. Imprinted in red, blue, and black, left margin and lower left portion: POWER / THE / NERVE CENTER / OF LONDON'S / UNDERGROUND.

Poster, Power, The Nerve Center of London's Underground, 1930–1931
offset lithograph on white wove paper, mounted on board.
Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer.
1963-39-45

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

A pilot sits in his plane with the hood open looking like he's about to fly out. He is giving a thumbs-up pointing to the notches he's made on his plane. To the left of the hatch marks is a girl posed in a white bathing-suit. At the top of the poster it reads "You knock 'em out- We'll knock 'em down". The bottom reads "MORE PRODUCTION"

Poster, You Knock 'Em Out..., 1942
lithograph.
Gift of Louise Clémencon.
1949-108-12

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

An eagle takes up a large portion of the top half of the poster. The eagle is mid flight but appears to be reacting to something because its claws are in a defensive position. The eagle is flying over a shipping yard, with a city in the background. A red sun appears at the horizon. Text at bottom: THE SHIPS ARE COMING / United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation .

Poster, The Ships are Coming, 1917
76.4 × 51.1 cm (30 1/16 × 20 1/8 in.).
Gift of Louise Clémencon.
1949-108-11

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Poster, Winter Sports, 1948
offset lithograph on paper, lined.
Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer.
1963-39-144

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

At center, an image of an open black mailbox, with three coins, and in brown and white text, at an angle: SAVINGS. Above, in black and red text: POST / OFFICE. Below in red, gray and black text: BANK / YOUR MONEY / HERE.

Poster, Post Office Savings, Bank Your Money Here, 1937
offset lithograph on paper.
Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer.
1963-39-85

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Print, Commercial Motor Show, Earls Court, ca. 1937
offset lithograph on paper.
Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer.
1963-39-169

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Poster, American Airlines to Chicago, 1950
offset lithograph on paper, lined.
Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer.
1963-39-135

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Poster design for Gas Light and Coke Company. Image of a tall orange building spire with a doll-like, star-shaped figure balancing on the point in a dark cloudy sky. Text in grey, black, white, and orange across image: THE NEW / SAYS MR THERM / GAS FIRES. Below in black, brown, red and blue text: LIGHT / THEMSELVES / 4 PENCE A WEEK BUYS ONE / THE GAS LIGHT & COKE COMPANY NEVER / LETS LONDON DOWN [star].

Poster, The New Gas Fires Light Themselves, 1935
offset lithograph on paper.
Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer.
1963-39-80

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.