Graphic vertical poster of the moon. The large, round black and white photograph of the moon fills the center of the poster, showing the varied textures of the moon's surface. The round highlighted craters and irregular dark grey plains contrast with the flat, deep blue background. At the top margin, cut off by the edge of the page, is a yellow semicircle with narrow blue text: 'The Moon'. At the bottom margin, a horizontal yellow line spans the page, with a small white text block below.

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1988	Work on this object began.
1997	We acquired this object.
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Poster, Moon, ca. 1988

This is a Poster. It was designed by Dan Friedman. It is dated ca. 1988 and we acquired it in 1997. Its medium is offset lithograph on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

A major contributor to the new pluralist, postmodern approach to American graphic design in the 1970s and 1980s, the work of Dan Friedman favors an eclectic creative process. Friedman juxtaposes the sizes and colors of two main elements of this untitled poster. A small semicircle, rendered in yellow, extends beyond the page and hovers above a massive black-and-white photograph of the moon against a blue background. The image is actually a composite of photographs taken at the first and third quarter phases using a 36-inchrefractor at an observatory located in California.

This object was donated by Ken Friedman. It is credited Gift of Ken Friedman.

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Its dimensions are

H x W: 63.5 × 48.3 cm (25 × 19 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in white, lower margin: No 1575 Published by Pomegranate, Box 980, Corte Madera, CA 94925 / photograph courtesy of the Lick Observatory OP. University of California. All Rights Reserved / image is a composite of photographs taken at first and third quarters by a 36-inche refractor / Printed in Singapore

Cite this object as

Poster, Moon, ca. 1988; Designed by Dan Friedman (American, 1945–1995); USA; offset lithograph on paper; H x W: 63.5 × 48.3 cm (25 × 19 in.); Gift of Ken Friedman; 1997-19-198

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/2DGXp/
Accession Number 1997-19-198
Object ID 18673413