"The poster is taken from the March 1939 cover of Direction magazine, an avant-garde publication that Rand began contributing to that year." It was through his covers for this avant-garde arts and culture journal, "that Rand was able to develop and solidify his modernist graphic aesthetic" (Cooperhewitt.org).
![PAUL RAND (1914-1996). [DANCER ON ORANGE GROUND]. Circa 1958. 36x24 inches, 91½x61 cm.](https://catalogue.swanngalleries.com/full//537\807537.jpg)