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MALCOLM GREAR GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM. Group of 3. Circa 1970. Sizes vary, each approximately 33x22 inches. Condition varies, generally A-: creases in image. Paper A prominent visual element in the identity of one of New York City's most famous museums.Malcolm Grear founded his eponymous studio in 1960 the same year he began teaching at the Rhode Island School of Design, where he was a professor until 1997. From 1970-90 The Malcolm Grear Studio was the sole designer for New York's Guggenheim museum. Grear himself states that the concept for this posters came about when he saw one of Richard Hamilton's paintings for the Wright-designed museum. Originally a set of four (red, yellow, blue and green) the image reappears on much of the Guggenheim's items. The Grear studio is also known for their role designing the medals, pictograms and the hand-held torch for the Atlanta Olympic Games.
