Sven Lukin
Sven Lukin
American, born Latvia 1934
1966
A 1966 photolithograph poster by Sven Lukin that advertises the artist with a spare, modernist composition combining bold typography and abstract, ribbon-like forms.
At first glance the oversized blue lettering at the top crowns a broad grey field pierced by a single thin black undulating line whose orange ribbon fills form a rhythmic, architectural landscape against a narrow blue base.
It exemplifies mid‑1960s modernist graphic design—reducing imagery to type, line, and color—and treats a promotional poster as an abstract composition that helped blur the line between commercial design and fine art.
Medium
Photolithograph
Dimensions
28 3/8 x 21 1/2" (72.1 x 54.4 cm)
Classification
Department
Credit
Gift of the Pace Gallery
Accession
325.1966
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