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blurring the lines
by Art Chantry yesterday a new friend gave me an old victrola – a beautiful cabinet model in a horizontal consul and all the fittings (even the tone arm is brass!) it’s a gorgeous thing ( thank you, sonya!) inside … Continue reading
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Tagged album cover art, album graphics, alex steinweiss, art chantry, federal arts program WPA, Leadbelly, lotte lenya, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, meade "lux" lewis, moses asch, Moses Asch Folkways Records, Pete Seeger, ruth gikow, Woody Guthrie
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free men
Jesse Marinoff Reyes ( Jesse Marinoff Reyes Design, Maplewood, N.J.) A couple we didn’t get to for Black History Month. But we aren’t waiting another year. Shouldn’t every month be Black History Month? … In this case, a 78 RPM … Continue reading
you can call him AL
Jesse Marinoff Reyes: Al Hirschfeld (1903-2003)! It seemed the native St. Louisan had always been part of the firmament of the New York illustration scene and the theatre circle—his career having lasted for such a long span and being the … Continue reading
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Tagged al hirschfield, alex steinweiss, alfred drake, Dorothy Parker, ethel merman, jasmine lee, jesse marinoff reyes, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, madame pickwick art supplies, miguel covarrubias, paul buckley, s. neil fujita, s.j. perelman
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whimsically condemned
Jesee Marinoff Reyes ( Jesse Marinoff Reyes Design ) The Condemned of Altona (cover and spine-treatment) Alfred A. Knopf, 1961 Design, Illustration + Typography: Paul Rand (1914-1996) In most cases allowing a designer to redraw the company colophon (in this … Continue reading
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Tagged alex steinweiss, alfred a. knopf, alvin lustig design, e. mcKnight kauffer, frank frazetta, george salter, Jean Carlu, Jean Paul Sartre, jesse marinoff reyes, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, madame pickwick art supplies, modernism design, nathan gluck, Paul Rand, paul rand design, Steven Heller Alvin Lustig
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time out
Jesse Marinoff Reyes ( Jesse Marinoff Reyes Design, Maplewood, N.J.) S. Neil Fujita (1921-2010)! A book cover and especially an LP designer, S. (for Sadamitsu) Neil Fujita was a formidable and versatile graphic artist whose work is truly due for … Continue reading
powers that are
by Jesse Marinoff Reyes ( Jesse Marinoff Reyes Design, Maplewood, N.J.) The Beast MacFadden, 1964 Illustration: Richard M. Powers (1921-1996) Despite a monograph of his paintings that was published a decade ago (The Art of Richard Powers; Paper Tiger, 2001), … Continue reading
free men
by Jesse Marinoff Reyes ( Jesse Marinoff Reyes Design, Maplewood, N.J.) MLK DAY Cover of the Day : In this case, a 78 RPM album cover—when they actually were albums—of the great baritone (and great at most everything else: athlete, … Continue reading
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Tagged alex steinweiss, american design, american design history, paul robeson
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d.s. martin
by Jesse Marinoff Reyes ( Jesse Marinoff Reyes Design, Maplewood, N.J.) Jazz at the Philharmonic, 78 album Stinson (Asch) Records, 1946 Illustration and Design: David Stone Martin (1913-1992) According to Squidoo’s entry on the topic: “The first Jazz at the … Continue reading
yodel cha cha
by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com ) this is one of my all time favorite thrift store record finds. to begin with, the cover is by the incomparable burt goldblatt. burt has been largely overlooked by design history and i think … Continue reading
vixen traps: set them if it ain’t selling
by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com) when i first spotted this LP in the goodwill “next stop is the dumpster” section, i did one of those ‘designer double-takes’. i saw the color and the wacky bad type. that’s usually where my … Continue reading
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Tagged album cover art, alex steinweiss, art chantry, benjamin darling, igor stravinsky, martin denny record covers, mike savage naked vinyl, naked vinyl, tim o'brien naked vinyl, titty-chintzy advertising, vixens of vinyl, Woody Allen
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