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Brochure cover, on black ground, exhibition title in Paul Rand's script hand writing, in white: The / Graphic Art / of / Paul Rand. Beneath this the image of a hand balancing on the forefinger a spinning top in yellow, red, pink, and blue stripes; and part of the hand's sleeve is visble, also in stripes. Open, two text blocks with information about the career of Paul Rand. Rear of brochure, in two text blocks, quotes about graphic design by Ladislav Moholy-Nagy, Geovanni Pintori E. McKnight Kauffer, and Usaku Kamekura.

Print, The Graphic Art of Paul Rand, 1970
offset lithograph on paper.
Gift of Marion S. Rand.
2002-11-45

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 4 images of this object.

On tan ground, imprinted in green, in a stencilled typeface (echoing stencils found on bales of tobacco), across upper edge: EL PRODUCTO / cigars. Lower right quadrant, imprinted in brown: for Dad... / with love / and kisses; three images of lips in red; at center left an image of a man in the form of a brown cigar, wearing yellow and red brimmed hat and holding a cigar in one hand and a cane in the other. A product label, in white, red and yellow, is wrapped around the upper part of the cigar.

Poster, For Dad... with Love and Kisses, 1953–57
offset lithograph on thin cream paper.
Gift of Marion S. Rand.
2002-11-12

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 4 images of this object.

Four page brochure printed in red on white. Recto: four red squares cut and placed to resemble rooster head in negative space, with fifth smaller red square as eye. On second page: red ground imprinted in white ink on upper left: The Graphic Art of Paul Rand / February 20-March 23, 1990 / Opening Reception February 20, 5-7 pm. On third page: red background imprinted with white ink on upper left: Joseloff Gallery / Harry Jack Gray Center / University of Hartford / West Hartford, Connecticut, 06117; on upper right: 11-4 Monday thru Friday / 12-4 Saturday. Fourth page is blank.

Envelope: square on cream paper, imprinted in red ink upper left corner: The Graphic Art of Paul Rand / Joseloff Gallery / Harry Jack Gray Center / University of Hartford / West Hartford / Connecticut, 06117.

Print, The Graphic Art of Paul Rand, University of Hartford, after 1970
offset lithograph on white paper.
Gift of Marion S. Rand.
2002-11-33-a,b

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Print, Brochure for Visitors Center, Downtown Walking Tour, Columbus,...
offset lithograph on medium heavy cream paper.
Gift of Marion S. Rand.
2002-11-58

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Print, Visitors Center Columbus, Indiana, Envelope, 1973
offset lithograph on cream paper.
Gift of Marion S. Rand.
2002-11-55

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Print, Westinghouse Envelope, ca. 1964
offset lithograph, embossed on cream paper.
Gift of Marion S. Rand.
2002-11-47

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Four-page double-sided brochure for the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) fiftieth anniversary of the fifty books of the year exhibition. On cover: four horizontal rows with two letters in a row (each letter printed in two colors; blue/black; red/black): A I / G A / 5 0 / 5 0. First and second page spread shows five rows of vertical rectangles, 10 in each row, in different color combinations of red, blue, and black. Lowest row left, fourth rectangle leans diagonally to right against fifth rectangle. Page four contains blocks of text, imprinted in black ink, in two columns describing the history of exhibition, the eligibility of designers, selection process, entry fees, deadline, and how to enter. Page five, text blocks list commitee members, jury members, and design credits. Page six contains entry forms for 4 submissions. Page seven, form for new members.

Print, AIGA 50 50, 1972
offset lithograph on white paper.
Gift of Marion S. Rand.
2002-11-46

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Print, Paper is Part of the CORPORATE Picture
offset lithograph on textured paper.
Gift of Marion S. Rand.
2002-11-37

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Two circles--red above and black below--on gray ground. Imprinted in staggered letters, to the left of the circles: He / who / stops / being / better / stops / being / good / Oliver Cromwell (in a smaller font).

Poster, He Who Stops Being Better Stops Being Good, IBM Excellence Plus, ca....
offset lithograph on paper.
Gift of Marion S. Rand.
2002-11-32

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

On cream ground, a black and white pixeled photograph of H.L. Mencken (social critic), cut into a silhouette of someone making a rhetorical gesture (raised hand with pointed finger). Unevenly cut colored boxes (imprinted) surrounding silhouette: upper edge: red rectangle; upper right quadrant: blue rectangle; lower right quadrant: red square; beneath this, lower edge-right: blue rectangle; lower left quadrant, red polygon.

Poster, H.L. Mencken [After Book Cover for "Prejudices: A Selection, by H.L....
offset lithograph on cream paper.
Gift of Marion S. Rand.
2002-11-29

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Sheet divided horizontally into three equal sections. In upper section, on green ground, an eye with blue iris and white eyebrow; below, on a yellow ground, a white bee with black stripes; below this, on blue ground, an "M" in horizontal white stripes.

Poster, IBM Rebus, ca. 1992
offset lithograph on paper.
Gift of Marion S. Rand.
2002-11-26

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 4 images of this object.

Poster, Richard Sapper Design, 1993
offset lithograph on paper.
Gift of Marion S. Rand.
2002-11-25

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Red ground. Black and white image of male dancer in a lunge pose, upper left quadrant. Four disembodied and enlarged segments of the dancer image (the head, torso, pointed left leg, and right leg in lunge) on organically shaped cream colored grounds in center.

Poster (USA), 1939
offset lithograph on cream paper.
Gift of Marion S. Rand.
2002-11-24

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Poster, IBM '75, 1989
offset lithograph on white paper.
Gift of Marion S. Rand.
2002-11-21

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Black and white poster resembling a Snellen eye examination letter chart, with letters and images largest at top and decreasing in size below. Upper left quadrant a black, bolded Y and to its right a black and white photograph of a bull dog, Yale's mascot. For six lines underneath this, alternating black Y's in different directions including upside down, lying left, lying right, and right side up and bull dog photographs decreasing in size and increasing in number.

Poster, Yale University School of Art, 1988
offset lithograph on white paper.
Gift of Marion S. Rand.
2002-11-4

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Vertical rectangle. Stylized skull in black and white, clenching in its teeth a green branch with berries (olive branch), on dark blue background.

Poster, Skull and Olive Branch, 1969
lithograph on heavy white wove paper.
Gift of Tamar Cohen.
1999-6-2

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Against a reddish-orange background on the right side a white egg shape is spattered with black ink. Along the left side, a vertical white band, with a lone black spot. Black text appears on the upper left: Sources and Resources / of 20th Century Design / June 19 to 24, 1966 / The International Design / Conference in Aspen.

Poster, Sources and Resources of 20th Century Design, The International...
offset lithograph on white wove paper.
Gift of Various Donors.
1981-29-227

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 4 images of this object.

Staggered block letters on blue background: horizontally-arranged: DADA, printed in black, superimposed on vertically-arranged white letters: DADA.

Poster, DADA, 1951
screenprint on white wove paper.
Gift of Various Donors.
1981-29-206

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Textile, Abacus

Textile, Abacus
linen.
2003-7-1

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

A grid of heavy black horizontal lines and narrower black vertical lines with black and dark purple ovals silhouetted over the same ovoid shapes in pale grey and beige.

Textile, Abacus, 1946
linen.
Gift of James Howard Fraser.
2000-7-1

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

On a blue background, a personified cigar with drawn hands holding a cigar and wearing a Santa hat. Label in red and yellow on cigar: EL PRODUCTO / C.H.P.CO. Match lights a cigar in snowman's mouth. Above: Santa’s favorite cigar.

Poster, Santa's Favorite Cigar, 1953–57
offset lithograph on paper.
Gift of Paul Rand.
1991-69-70

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

On a blue background, a personified cigar with drawn hands holding a cigar and wearing a Santa hat. Label in red and yellow on cigar: EL PRODUCTO / C.H.P.CO. Cigar also holds a white toy reindeer with red and green circles in antlers. Above, in a cloud: santa’s favorite cigar.

Poster, Santa's Favorite Cigar, 1953–57
offset lithograph on paper.
Gift of Paul Rand.
1991-69-69

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Imprinted in white ink on tan background: design 63

Poster, Design-63
offset lithograph on paper.
Gift of Paul Rand.
1991-69-68

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

A five-spoked figure in white holding a torch against blue background with red confetti shapes.

Poster, Boston - A New National Park..., 1975
offset lithograph on paper.
Gift of Paul Rand.
1991-69-67

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Three rectangles (in order of size) of yellow, red, and blue; much text (mainly within yellow) about Yale MFA program in art.

Poster, Yale University School of Art, ca. 1975
lithograph on paper.
Gift of Paul Rand.
1991-69-66

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Poster, Golden Circle, Kuai Surf Hotel, Hawaii-IBM, ca. 1981
lithograph on white paper.
GIft of Paul Rand.
1991-69-65

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Arrow through an apple in red and white on top of an 'A.'

Poster, With the Sense of Sight, the Idea Communicates the Emotion, 1965
offset lithograph on paper.
Gift of Paul Rand.
1991-69-64

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Poster composed of three equal horizontal registers comprised of the letters of the word "Minuteman." Across the top: M I N; at center: U T E; at bottom: M A N. The M at upper left contains a black and white photographic reproduction of the face of the Minuteman commerative public sculpture of the same name. Each letter is is given a color as follows: I - yellow; N - scarlet red; U - red; T - brown; E - green; M - blue; A - red orange; N - forest green.

Poster, Minute Man National Historic Park, ca. 1974
offset lithograph on white wove paper.
Gift of Paul Rand.
1991-69-63

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Advertisement design for a drug company. On yellow ground, three silhouettes of bowl and branch of spoon (image cut off by edge of sheet): black (on left of sheet) and red (above white on right side of sheet). Name of medicine imprinted on black and red spoons; photo image of smiling young girl in braids on white spoon. Imprinted diagonally, left half of sheet, in red: We suggest that your prescriptions for; in white: Eskay's Pentaplex/in red: specify at least 2 teaspoonfuls 3 times daily./in white: supplied in 12 fl. oz. bottles; right half of sheet, in black: Eskay's; in white: Pentaplex/in black: makes B Complex therapy/palatable.

Print, Eskay's Pentaplex, 1945–55
offset lithograph on coated white paper.
Gift of Marion S. Rand.
2002-11-65

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Print, IBM Memo Sheet, ca. 1956
offset lithograph on cream paper.
Gift of Marion S. Rand.
2002-11-63

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Print, IBM, Half Sheet Letterhead, ca. 1956
offset lithograph on cream paper.
Gift of Marion S. Rand.
2002-11-62

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Cream letterhead. Imprinted in blue large font, upper left corner: Think. Imprinted in black ink, diagonally (up from left to right), beneath the word Think, company name and address. Lower left corner, imprinted diagonally, publishers name and the editor's and art director's phone numbers.

Print, IBM Think Letterhead, ca. 1956
offset lithograph on cream paper.
Gift of Marion S. Rand.
2002-11-60

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Cream business envelope (has matching letterhead). Recto: imprinted in blue ink, upper left corner, Think. Imprinted in black ink, upper left quadrant, company title and address.

Print, IBM Think Envelope, ca. 1956
offset lithograph on cream paper.
Gift of Marion S. Rand.
2002-11-59

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Print, Visitors Center Columbus, Indiana, Sticker, 1973
offset lithograph on cream paper.
Gift of Marion S. Rand.
2002-11-57

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Imprinted across upper edge of sheet, the letter "C" (almost a circle), seeming randomly scattered and cut off by sheet, in black, yellow blue, green, and red. In upper left, in four lines, in black ink, the name and city of the center; in upper right, in three lines the mailing address and phone number. Imprinted in black, upper left: Visitors / Center / Columbus / Indiana; upper right: 506 Fifth Street/Columbus, Indiana/47201; upper right corner: 812 372 1954.

Print, Visitors Center Columbus, Indiana, Letterhead, 1973
offset lithograph on cream paper.
Gift of Marion S. Rand.
2002-11-56

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.