May 18, 2023 - Sale 2637

Sale 2637 - Lot 231

Price Realized: $ 1,062
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200

MILTON GLASER (1929-2020)

VALENTINE / OLIVETTI. 1968.


38x24 inches, 96 1/2x61 cm. Elli & Pagani, Milan.
Condition A-: tape-repaired tear at bottom edge; minor tears and creases at edges; minor creases and abrasions in image. Paper.

"Some of my favorite posters for Olivetti were based on Italian art history. The 'mourning dog' comes from a Piero di Cosimo painting and remains one of my favorite animal images of all time. Putting the Valentine typewriter in the landscape creates a mystery that is not easily explained" (Glaser p. 100). Glaser p. 101.