The Modern Poster, The Museum of Modern Art, New York
April Greiman
American, born 1948
1988
An offset lithograph poster for MoMA’s 1988 exhibition The Modern Poster, in which April Greiman translated early computer graphics into print by layering halftone screens, prismatic color bursts, architectural guide lines, and displaced typography.
A tilted red halftone plane floats against a deep black field, pierced by delicate white construction arcs and sudden rainbow-prism wedges while rotated, fragmented letters tumble across the surface, creating a sense of engineered motion and digital shimmer.
A landmark piece that helped legitimize computer‑inspired aesthetics and experimental typography in mainstream graphic design, marking a key moment when digital tools reshaped how posters could look and think.
Medium
Offset lithograph
Dimensions
39 x 24 1/2" (99 x 62.3 cm)
Classification
Department
Credit
Exhibition Fund
Accession
81.1990
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