DYLAN 1966 American music poster designed by Milton Glaser

DYLAN
1966 American music poster designed by Milton Glaser, published by CBS records,
84 x 56cm

After suffering serious injuries in a motorcycle accident in 1966, singer-songwriter Bob Dylan was rendered bedridden and rumoured to be dead. To, generate positive publicity for his forthcoming album, 'Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits', CBS Records commissioned Milton Glaser to design a special poster to be packaged with the album. Taking inspiration from a Marcel Duchamp self-portrait, Glaser, depicted Dylan in profile, his abundant curly hair rendered in saturated colours that stood out in high contrast from the white ground. The energetic design, with its swirling streams of colour, evoked the visual effects of the psychedelic drugs, that were gaining popularity amongst members of the counterculture.

An identical poster is in the Museum of Modern Art Collection.