Psychedelic Posters | Collection Highlights | Collection of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Poster of Junior Wells in green singing with microphone in hand on red background. Text above and below image.

Poster, Junior Wells, 1966
offset lithograph on white wove paper.
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Leslie J. Schreyer.
1979-34-37

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

Poster featuring psychedelic image of a partially nude woman in orange and pink wearing Eastern garb with blue and pink concentric outlines. Printed in orange text, within lines at upper center: * SAN FRANCISCO * JAN 10, TUES-JAN 15, SUN * MATRIX * FILLMORE NEAR COMBARD * 567-0118 * / * THE MILLER BLUES BAND *; orange framing line.

Poster, The Miller Blues Band, 1967
offset lithograph on white wove paper.
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Leslie J. Schreyer.
1979-34-38

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

Vertical format. On bright blue ground, a psychedelic image of a nude woman rendered in orange sitting against turquoise background. She wears an elaborate headpiece, and a beaded strap diagonally across her chest. Her beaded necklace cascades in a strand down her body and across her legs. Roses to the left. Green text.

Poster, Blues Project, 1967
offset lithograph on white wove paper.
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Leslie J. Schreyer.
1979-34-39

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

Poster featuring psychedelic image of a woman with fanned out colorful hair, which is formed into an oval, on an orange background. Text throughout in pink and blue.

Poster, Young Bloods, 1968
offset lithograph on white wove paper.
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Leslie J. Schreyer.
1979-34-40

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

Fantastic mirror image of abstract landscape in lavender, yellow, green, red, and blue; with text at center, also in mirror image.

Poster, 123 Infinity
lithograph on paper.
Gift of Various Donors.
1981-29-41

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

Poster features a colorful—some filled in with Ben-day dots—chaotic mélange of faces, clouds, landscapes, etc.

Poster, Peace Corps, 1970
lithograph on wove paper.
Gift of Various Donors.
1981-29-345

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

A depiction of the head and shoulders of musician John Lennon on vibrant yellow ground. The left side of image and hair saturated in bright orange-red; the right side of image in deep purple. The features are visible as in a photographic negative with negative areas highlighted in bright white. Superimposed on the face, a pair of round glasses with lenses formed by bright orange, green, and white spirals.

Poster, John Lennon, 1967
offset lithograph on white wove paper.
Gift of Various Donors.
1981-29-511

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

For Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, CA

Poster, Ten Years After, 1969
lithograph on paper.
1981-60-12

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

For Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, CA by David Singer. Poster featuring biomorphic design in white, yellow and black with woman coming out of it. Text below, in black ink: HUMBLE PIE / SWAMP DOGG / SHANTI.

Poster, Humble Pie, 1971
lithograph on paper.
1981-60-74

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

Booklet, Chew, Chew, Baby, Push Pin Graphic Number 53, 1967
offset lithograph on heavy white wove paper.
Gift of Seymour Chwast.
1998-74-14

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

Predominantly black poster with the word "greeting" in white letters across the top. Featuring central figure of Jesus above smaller figure of Buddha.

Poster, Greeting, poster for the Haizuka Printing House. Second in the...
off-set lithograph on white wove paper.
Gift of Sara and Marc Benda.
2009-12-1

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

Brown, yellow and blue design with text: "greeting" across top in purple, blue and yellow; "haizuka" across bottom in purple, blue and yellow. Dore image of Adam and Eve in foreground, background made up of other Dore images including angels.

Poster, Greeting / Haizuka, poster for the Haizuka Printing House. Fourth in...
off-set lithograph on white wove paper.
Gift of Sara and Marc Benda.
2009-12-2

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

Poster with text: "HAIZUKA" in large black letters at angle from lower-left corner to upper-right corner. Reclining figure from Titian lower right corner, Naked Man and Woman from Dore hovering at center with images of feet on either side. Background of trains of Angels.

Poster, Haizuka, poster for the Haizuka Printing House. Fifth in the series....
off-set lithograph on white wove paper.
Gift of Sara and Marc Benda.
2009-12-3

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

Three predominantly red sections on single poster. First section mostly red with white and orange highlight; second image mostly red with some blue and white, outline of a girl, bound, lying on the floor; third section predominantly red with white, blue, orange and green, two images of girl, bound, on the floor - one at the top of the section in red, blue and grey, the other at the bottom of the section in white highlights.

Poster, Torture for the Matsuya Department Store, 1970
offset lithograph on white wove paper.
Gift of Sara and Marc Benda.
2009-12-4

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

Portrait of Henry Miller in green and pink against a red, pink, blue, and yellow background.

Poster, Henry Miller for the Isetan Department Store, 1968
off-set lithograph on white wove paper.
Gift of Sara and Marc Benda.
2009-12-5

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

Predominantly black poster. Central, red, blue, green geometric shapes above a green triangle enclosing red and blue hands. Photograph of the artist on lower left-hand side, and yellow representation of diety Jibo Kannon.

Poster, Tadanori Yokoo, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, 1974
offset lithograph on white wove paper.
Gift of Sara and Marc Benda.
2009-12-6

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

Predominantly black poster with text: "Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam: Tadanori Yokoo 22 2 tm 14 4 1974" across top. Central, red, blue, green geometric shapes above a green triangle enclosing red and blue hands. Photograph of the artist on lower left-hand side, and yellow representation of diety Jibbo Kannon.

Poster, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. Tadanori Yokoo. 22/2/t/m 14/4 1974, 1974
offset lithograph on white wove paper.
Gift of Sara and Marc Benda.
2009-12-7

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

Black and white image of Samurai on a yellow and brown background. Red scratches and splotches printed on top of samurai. Three large Japanese characters at left, with English text in white at left.

Poster, Gohatto (Tabu), 1999
off-set lithograph on white wove paper.
Gift of Sara and Marc Benda.
2009-12-9

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

Black and white image of three Samurai on a yellow and brown background. Red scratches and splotches printed on top of samurai. Three large Japanese characters at left, with English text in white at left.

Poster, Gohatto (Tabu), 1999
off-set lithograph on white wove paper.
Gift of Sara and Marc Benda.
2009-12-10

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

Predominantly red poster with a blue and yellow-brown flowered border. Across top and bottom, within border, yellow and brown mosaic, decorative strips with Arabic lettering in brown. In top right, a green figure (possibly Hindu). In left-center, a yellow figure floating cross-legged (possibly Hindu) and in bottom right a third figure (also possibly Hindu). Horizon towards bottom third of image with ocean below and distant island at left.

Poster, Images of Buddha, 1975
off-set lithograph on white wove paper.
Gift of Sara and Marc Benda.
2009-12-11

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

Decorative orange frame with Arabic text in the center of the bottom. Image in frame is black-to-cream gradient sky (white text in the center and two bits of fire - one in upper-left area, one in middle-right area) above landscape of beach, sea and mountains in red, white, grey and blue. Purple triangle on left of horizon line, flames on beach in lower-left foreground.

Poster, Modern Japanese Art Exhibition, Mainachi Newspapers, 1975
off-set lithograph on white wove paper.
Gift of Sara and Marc Benda.
2009-12-12

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

Image of red, blue and white fish jumping out of ocean against yellow sky with red, rising sun and green waves at left and right. Blow ocean below. Characters run across top and vertically down center of image. Thick white border, with text across bottom in black and red.

Poster, 16th Exhibition of Japan Advertising Artists Club, Seibu, 1981
screenprint on paper.
Gift of Sara and Marc Benda.
2009-12-13

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

Portrait of the artist holding a cigarette in pink, yellow, and orange on blue, green, and yellow gradient background. Japanese characters in orange at lower left.

Poster, Exhibition of Rokuro Taniuchi at Seibu Department Store, 1981
screenprint on white wove paper.
Gift of Sara and Marc Benda.
2009-12-14

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

Blue poster with mages of columns and statues in gray running horizontally across middle and down right side. Behind columns and statues, many multicolored planets and galaxies and a bolt of yellow lightning extend from right-center top to left-center bottom. Text in black at top left reads: "Kanox"

Poster, Kanox, 1979
off-set lithograph on white wove paper.
Gift of Sara and Marc Benda.
2009-12-15

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

Central image of women taken from "The Turkish Bath" by Ingres, located within a circle, at the top of which hovers a UFO, with ocean and cliffs in the background. Circle superimposed on Arabesque designs in pink, red, yellow, orange and blue.

Poster, Takeda Cosmetics for Men, Takeda Chemical Industry, 1974
off-set lithograph on white wove paper.
Gift of Sara and Marc Benda.
2009-12-16

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

Three Japanese masks looking towards center of poster, one at left, one at top center, and one at bottom. Behind masks, a collage of imagery including red flames, architectural motifs, skeletons, demons and mountain scenes.

Poster, Yume no Ukihashi (Floating Bridge of Dreams), 2000
off-set lithograph on white wove paper.
Gift of Sara and Marc Benda.
2009-12-17

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

Red and yellow background with cartoon-like illustrations. In center, a cruise ship on the ocean with a purple woman above. In bottom right, a red cliff with eyes and a gaping mouth which is actually a cave. In top left, blue and white Japanese characters frame a red skull and cross bones.

Poster, Laforet Museum Harajuku, 2000
off-set lithograph on white wove paper.
Gift of Sara and Marc Benda.
2009-12-18

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

Closeup of a woman's face in orange and red/pink halftone print. In blue/grey text on woman's sunglasses, "The Chambers Bros" (left lens) and date/location of event (right lens). Thin solid border in same blue/grey as the text, inside a red outer-border.

Poster, Chambers Brothers Band, Neon Rose #12, 1967
lithograph on wove paper.
Gift of Sara and Marc Benda.
2009-12-23

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

Human figure in center, in front of branch-like designs in black, with blue dots in circles radiating outwards around the head and shoulders and extending down through the torso into the legs. Surrounding figure are concentric yellow rings with green leaf-shaped patterns in front of them. All of this on a red background with two eagles, one in each upper corner, and a rose in the center at the top.

Poster, Fool on the Hill, for San Francisco Happenings, 1967
lithograph on wove paper.
Gift of Sara and Marc Benda.
2009-12-24

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

Poster, Blowing in the Mind/Mister Tambourine Man, 1968
lithograph on wove paper.
Gift of Sara and Marc Benda.
2009-12-25

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

Cartoon-like, bright image: blue sky, green-skinned man with brown hair and sunglasses, wearing a blue shirt and yellow cowboy hat, holding a blue steering wheel and sitting in purple car seat. On his hat are two crouching police officers, and circling the hat is a helicopter seeking to land. At upper right, in magenta, is the title: "MISTRZ / KIEROWNICY / UCIEKA", surrounded by credits in smaller type.

Poster, Mistrz kierownicy ucieka (Smokey and the Bandit), 1978–79
offset lithograph on wove paper.
Gift of Sara and Marc Benda.
2010-21-17

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

Against a grass-green background, a photograph of a girl with voluminous brown hair and a stubborn expression; "torn" in the lower right corner.
Inscriptions: at center right: "un film de / FRANCOIS TRUFFAUT", and at lower right, the title "l'enfant / SAUVAGE", followed by further credits in smaller type.

Poster, L'Enfant Sauvage [The Wild Child], 1970
offset lithograph on wove paper, mounted on linen.
Gift of Sara and Marc Benda.
2010-21-28

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

Poster, L'Initiation, 1970
offset lithograph on wove paper.
Gift of Sara and Marc Benda.
2010-21-97

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