Dick Gregory on Poppy

Milton Glaser

1969

A 1969 offset-lithograph poster by Milton Glaser that splits a man's face into a shadowed, realistic half and a colorful, faceted half to stage a confrontation between public appearance and layered identity.

What strikes you is the blunt vertical divide down the face—the left side plunged in deep, velvet blackness while the right side is rendered like a watercolor map of planes and hues, producing an uncanny double portrait that feels both intimate and graphic.

Made at the height of late-1960s political and media ferment, the poster shows how graphic designers like Glaser translated fine-art portraiture into bold mass-media images that provoked public debate and expanded the expressive range of commercial printmaking.

Palette

Art Terms

Lithography Graphic design Poster Portrait Print Popular culture Investigating identity

Exhibitions

Committed to Print

1988

American Prints, 1960–1985

1987

Pop Art Prints, Drawings, and Multiples

1970

American Prints from the International Program

1971