Mahalia Jackson (Poster for an Easter Sunday concert at Lincoln Center, New York)
Milton Glaser
American, 1929–2020
1967
A 1967 offset-lithograph concert poster by Milton Glaser that uses mirrored profile silhouettes and rainbow semicircular lettering to advertise an Easter Sunday performance at Lincoln Center and evoke the spirit of gospel music.
You’re struck by two dark, smiling profile heads facing opposite directions, crowned by stacked, flower-like rosettes and bold, chunky letters that fan out in colorful arcs like sound waves or a sunrise.
The poster helped define a 1960s graphic vocabulary—melding psychedelic color, hand-drawn type, and symbolic imagery—to bring emotional intensity and cultural presence into commercial design and concert promotion.
Medium
Offset lithograph
Dimensions
37 7/8 x 48 3/4" (96.2 x 123.8 cm)
Classification
Department
Credit
Gift of the designer
Accession
353.1967.a-b
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Art Terms
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