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Text in black on brown paper: Qua / lity: / The concept of quality is very difficult to define, for it is not / merely seen, but somehow intuited in the presence of the work in / which it is embodied. Quality has little to do with popular / notions of beauty, taste, or style; and nothing to do with status, / respectability, or luxury. It is revealed, rather, in an atmosphere of receptivity, propriety, and restraint. /
Quality is concerned with the weighing of relationships; the / discovery of analogies and contrasts; with proportion and harmony; / the juxtaposition of formal and functional elements—with / their transformation and enrichment. /
Quality is concerned with truth, not deception; with ideas, not / techniques; with the enduring, not the ephemeral; with precision, / not fussiness; with simplicity, not vacuity; with subtlety, not / blatancy; with sensitivity, not sentimentality. /
Paul Rand

Poster, Quality....
offset lithograph on brown paper.
Gift of Various Donors.
1981-29-228

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

Dotted portrait of Igor Stravinsky on music paper. Graphic was later used as a book cover for an edition of Stravinsky's "Poetics of Music in the Form of Six Lessons" published by Vintage in 1956.

Poster, Profile of Igor Stravinsky (After cover of Poetics of Music in the...
offset lithograph on paper.
Gift of Various Donors.
1981-29-424

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

Poster, Interfaith Day, Central Park Mall / Sunday September 26

Poster, Interfaith Day, Central Park Mall / Sunday September 26
Gift of Various Donors.
1981-29-177

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Against red background (right side of sheet), a white egg shape spattered with black ink. Along left edge, a vertical white (unprinted) band, with a lone black spot. Black text, 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 3 images of this object.

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.

On black ground, cardinal directions: large “N”, smaller “W,” “E,” and “S”. Two areas that look like puddles or open windows; above, an image of buildings and below, trees in a landscape. Upper right: semi-sports…

Poster, Semi-sports ...., ca. 1960
printed paper.
Gift of Anonymous Donor.
1994-109-22

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

Two black squares, one smaller than the other. On left, white text on black: 4 Esquire-Apparel Arts / Fashion Forum / & Retail Seminar. Below, in black: 4 / 4. Right side on black square: Program / 4 / Esquire-Apparel Arts / Fashion Forum / & Retail Seminar; a thread-like line crosses the black square.

Publication Cover, Program 4, Esquire-Apparel, ca. 1950
lithograph on paper.
Gift of Anonymous Donor.
1994-109-10

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

On black ground, a full moon with a mouth and wearing sunglasses; a starfish with a detailed clamshell on top of it. Upper right, in white: summer…

Poster, Summer, ca. 1960
lithograph on paper.
Gift of Anonymous Donor.
1994-109-8

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

Small red heart enclosed in thick beige circle, center of page.

Poster, A red heart enclosed in a beige circle, 1957
screenprint on off-white wove paper.
Gift of Marion S. Rand.
2002-11-30

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

On black ground, most of the poster is taken up by long typewriter keys with letters: G B T S. Lower center: going back to school…; lower left, what looks like the tip of a fountain pen with typed Greek letters typed over it.

Poster, Going back to school, ca. 1960
lithograph on paper.
Gift of Anonymous Donor.
1994-109-9

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

On black ground, a stylized leaf, half of which is solid white and the other is outlined and jagged white. Lower right, an acorn on white square and another on black. Upper right, in white: fall and winter...country.

Poster, Fall and Winter...country, ca. 1960
printed paper.
Gift of Anonymous Donor.
1994-109-21

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

On off-white ground, imprinted in red, an irregular rectangle, cut off at upper and lower edges, fills most of the sheet. Within the rectangle, in reserve, a running fox with black stripes, a black coiled tail, black eyes, and a blue nose. Fox appears to be wearing a yellow wood box, (with horizontal black stripes and down left and right edges of box, black dots).

Poster, Running Dog, 1969
screenprint on off-white wove paper.
Gift of Marion S. Rand.
2002-11-31

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

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.

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.

Black and white poster resembling a Snellen chart (eye examination letter chart), with letters and images largest and decreasing in size below. Upper left quadrant a black large bold 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 (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.

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, Dancer on Orange Ground [After Cover for "Direction" Magazine], 1939
offset lithograph on cream paper.
Gift of Marion S. Rand.
2002-11-24

This object was made by Direction Magazine.
This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 3 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.

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, 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Poster, Tokyo Communication Arts, 1991
offset lithograph on paper.
Gift of Marion S. Rand.
2002-11-2

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

On white ground, overlapping colored rectangles and squares, clockwise from lower left corner: yellow, green, blue, and red, across entire page (except upper edge, and upper left corner). Imprinted in different colors (blue, black, red, and green),upper left corner, title and date of dedication, Imprinted in black ink, lower right quadrant, donors' names.

Poster, University Center Dedication, University of Hartford, 1989
offset lithograph on white paper.
Gift of Marion S. Rand.
2002-11-3

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

Poster, Signs that say safe driving..., ca. 1966
offset lithograph on white paper.
Gift of Marion S. Rand.
2002-11-9

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

Poster, NEXT, The Sign of the NeXt generation of computers... for education,...
offset lithograph on paper.
Gift of Marion S. Rand.
2002-11-16

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

Poster, IBM: Resource Management, 1980
offset lithograph on white paper.
Gift of Marion S. Rand.
2002-11-28

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

Print, Westinghouse, Catalog News, ca. 1964
offset lithograph on cream paper.
Gift of Marion S. Rand.
2002-11-49

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

Print, Westinghouse, TV News, ca. 1964
offset lithograph on cream paper.
Gift of Marion S. Rand.
2002-11-50

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