Count Basie and Stan Getz

Artist

Seymour Chwast, born 1931

Sitter

Count Basie, 21 Aug 1904 - 26 Apr 1984

Stan Getz, 2 Feb 1927 - 6 Jun 1991

Exhibition Label

"Polish was the keynote of a jazz concert by the Stan Getz Quartet and Count Basie's orchestra," a New York Times reviewer wrote on November 28, 1963, noticing that Getz imbued even the gentlest phrases with "a sinew and mettle that keep them alive and vigorous." Seymour Chwast's innovative poster, echoing the vitality and assurance of the renowned jazz musicians, advertised the concert with cartoonish figures, green skin tones, and a blue horn. Chwast, along with Milton Glaser and other graphic artists, founded Push Pin Studios in 1954. Despite different styles, they all sought an integration of illustration, design, and typography, and were attracted, as Glaser noted, to things "orthodox modernism" despised, including ornamentation and hand-drawn pictures. Going against the grain of photographic magazine illustration and minimalist abbreviation in corporate advertising, Push Pin Studios introduced a fresh and influential approach to poster art and graphic design.

Credit Line

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Jack Rennert

1963

Object number

NPG.2007.166

Restrictions & Rights

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Copyright

© Seymour Chwast

Type

Print

Medium

Color photolithographic poster

Dimensions

Sheet: 93.3 x 47.9 cm (36 3/4 x 18 7/8")

National Portrait Gallery

Topic

Poster

Commercial\Advertisement

Count Basie: Male

Count Basie: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician\Composer

Count Basie: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician\Pianist

Count Basie: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician\Jazz

Count Basie: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician\Bandmaster

Count Basie: Presidential Medal of Freedom

Stan Getz: Male

Stan Getz: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician\Composer

Stan Getz: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician\Horn\Saxophonist

Stan Getz: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician\Jazz

Portrait

Record ID

npg_NPG.2007.166

Usage of Metadata (Object Detail Text)

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GUID (Link to Original Record)

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm425e35d9b-5a6e-460d-b161-ee3a26fb6211