Basie & Getz
1964
Artist
Seymour Chwast
Client
Lincoln Center
DIMENSIONS
36 x 18 in. (91.4 x 45.7 cm)
OBJECT NUMBER
PH.4259
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN
Concert, Entertainment, Man, Music, New York, New York City, The Push Pin Legacy, United States
CREDIT LINE
Poster House Permanent Collection
KEYWORDS
Concert, Entertainment, Man, Music, New York, New York City, The Push Pin Legacy, United States
This image announces a one-night-only concert at Lincoln Center’s Philharmonic Hall, featuring Count Basie, Stan Getz, and the singer Jimmy Rushing. Seymour Chwast often merges figures in his posters, introducing new, unexpected shapes. He notes that this is an excellent problem-solving technique in graphic design. The use of lettering in both posters reflects a mid-century aesthetic that incorporated sans-serif typefaces. Chwast would become more experimental with letterforms in later designs.
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