Newport Jazz Festival New York, 1954-1978 25 Summers of Jazz, June 23-July 2
Milton Glaser
American, 1929–2020
1978
A silkscreen poster by Milton Glaser that advertises the Newport Jazz Festival’s 25th summer, using bold, simplified imagery to evoke the music’s theatricality and allure.
Two stylized performers—a standing dancer and a saxophonist kneeling at her feet—are rendered in flat, jewel‑toned shapes against a pale turquoise field framed by tassels and a heavy curtain, creating a rhythmic, stage‑like composition that hits you with color and movement.
The poster shows how Glaser and his contemporaries translated Pop color and modernist reduction into commercial graphics, helping to revive the concert poster as a vital medium for connecting design, popular culture, and live music.
Medium
Silkscreen
Dimensions
36 x 24" (91.5 x 61.0 cm)
Classification
Department
Credit
Gift of the designer
Accession
270.1980
Palette
Art Terms
Exhibitions
