Word: postering
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Susan E. Meyer. 207 pages. Watson-Guptill. $27.50. James Montgomery Flagg is probably best known to the public for his enlistment poster of a Jehovic Uncle Sam demanding I WANT YOU, for which he used himself as the model. As an illustrator, however, he favored beautiful women as his subjects; some of his best works are portraits of the famous, including Mark Twain, John and Ethel Barrymore. Susan Meyer's book offers a wide selection of Flagg's relaxed yet robust drawings, paintings and poster art, and fondly fills in the lively biographical gaps...
...want to help transform some barren area into fertile land, and reduce the difference between the city and the countryside," said the one who'd put up the poster...
When Gallo found that The Crimson had identified it as the advertiser, the company complained. In an effort to avoid direct identification of the advertisement that appears today, a representative offered a compromise line: "If you wish a poster-size reprint of this ad, please write to the E. & J. Gallo Winery..." The Crimson refused the compromise, but offered to print it along with more direct identification...
...National Chairman in 1972, won by a whisker. Four months ago Dole thought he was "down the tube." But he managed to beat Obstetrician William Roy (by about 2%), with the help of a Manhattan political-research firm and a Boston advertising agency. A TV commercial showed a Dole poster with mud being thrown at it, then the mud miraculously falling away to reveal the handsome Dole unblemished. By thus aggressively fighting back against the taint of Watergate, Dole managed to accuse his opponent of "Watergate tactics...
Carpenter Center is presenting an exciting show of current poster-type art, which they call "Graphic Design, a Kinetic Presentation of Contemporary Trends." It's a continuously showing 1 and 1/2 hour long slide show, open Tues.-Sat. from 1-6, until Nov. 27 in the main exhibition hall...