Face with Doves
Original Watercolor by Milton Glaser

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Milton Glaser (born 1929)
Face with Doves
American: c. 1960s
Signed lower left: "Milton Glaser"
Pen, ink and watercolor with colored pencil on paper
15.75 x 18.75 inches
Provenance: Collection of Vera Zorina
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Lyrical image of a woman in profile whose hair is cleverly composed of fluttering doves, some in outline and some filled in with watercolor, as is typical of Glaser's illustrational style in the 1960s.

Milton Glaser is one of the pre-eminent graphic designers and illustrators of the mid and late 20th century, honored with numerous awards throughout his career. Among his most familiar designs are the "I Love NY" logo and the poster of Bob Dylan in silhouette that was ubiquitous in college dormitories in the 1960s and 70s. Indeed, the offered art work is similar to the Bob Dylan poster in the use of multicolored patterns in the hair.

Born in New York City, Glaser studied at The Cooper Union Art School, and later as a Fulbright Scholar in Italy. He has designed and illustrated more than 300 posters for publishing, the performing arts, institutions and civic enterprises. He has been influential in the realm of publication design as well, helping to establish New York Magazine in 1968 and overseeing the redesign of major magazines and newspapers, including The Washington Post, U.S. News & World Report and The Village Voice. He has completed projects in environmental and interior design as well, including the Rainbow Room complexes for Rockefeller Center (1987).

Milton Glaser has been the subject of solo exhibitions at the Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris; The Cooper Union, New York; and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. His work is included in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art, New York; The Israel Museum, Jerusalem; the National Archive, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C.; and the Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum, New York. A recipient of The Society of Illustrator's Gold Medal, he is also a member of The Art Director's Club Hall of Fame.

This work was in the collection of Vera Zorina (1917-2003) a dancer of German and Norwegian descent whose performing career spanned around 50 years. She was a star in Europe in 1937 when Samuel Goldwyn Studios brought her to the U.S., where she went on to appear in movies and become a regular performer on Broadway.

References:

Milton Glaser Graphic Design: Design, Influence and Process." Philadelphia Museum of Art. November 2000. http://www.philamuseum.org/exhibitions/exhibits/glaser.shtml (3 December 2003).

"Vera Zorina." Half-Norweigian. http://www.lawzone.com/half-nor/zorina.htm (3 December 2003).