Mahalia Jackson
1967
Designer
Milton Glaser
DIMENSIONS
37 3/4 x 24 1/2 in. (95.9 x 62.2 cm)
OBJECT NUMBER
PH.2025.1490
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN
United States
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Mirko Ilić
KEYWORDS
Black, Concert, Entertainment, Music, Psychedelic, Woman
In this poster for Lincoln Center, Glaser promotes concerts by the Back American gospel singer Mahalia Jackson. Jackson’s profile here is ornamented with of-the-moment psychedelia; the details of her performances are supplied in rainbow bands of color and the stylized hippie flowers in her hair are described in brilliant colors. The poster was printed in two parts, one facing left and the other facing right.
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