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Whimsical Graphic Design Abstract Collage - Brno Mechanic Bold Colors,

Creator: Ivan Chermayeff
Offered by: Robert Funk Fine Art

Description
World renowbed Graphic Designer Ivan Chermayeff creates whimsical abstract collage characters in bold colors . Here we have Brno Mechanic.

Mixed media collage on paper, 1998, signed 'Ivan Chermayeff', titled and dated lower right. on heavy Arches paper. Framed under plexi 33.5 x 25.5
Slight Staining near glove and minor scattered surface soiling. Otherwise apparently in good condition.
Chermayeff & Geismar
It was founded in 1957 by the two Yale graduates Ivan Chermayeff and Tom Geismar as well as Robert Brownjohn, a protégé of László Moholy-Nagy and Chermayeff's father, industrial designer Serge Chermayeff, at the New Bauhaus in Chicago.[2] Brownjohn, who struggled with heroin addiction for most of his adult life, left the partnership to join J. Walter Thompson's London branch in 1959.

The firm has designed logos for such companies as Pan Am, Mobil Oil, PBS, Chase Bank, Barneys New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Xerox, Smithsonian Institution, NBC, Cornell University, National Geographic,[3] State Farm,[4] and many others. Ivan Chermayeff and Tom Geismar were awarded the AIGA Medal in 1979.[5][6] Chermayeff died on December 3, 2017, at the age of 85

More Information

Documentation:	Signed
Origin:	United States, New York
Period:	1980-1999
Materials:	Collage on Paper with Cardboard Glove
Condition:	Good. Slight Staining near glove and minor scattered surface soiling. Otherwise apparently in good condition.
Creation Date:	1998
Styles / Movements:	Color Field, Outsider Art, Contemporary
Incollect Reference #:	734089

Dimensions

W.	22 in;	H.	30 in;
W.	55.88 cm;	H.	76.2 cm;

Message from Seller:

You'll find an eclectic group of art works at Robert Funk Fine Art. 45 years of experience has shaped Director Robert Funk's multi-perspective approach to presenting art. As an undergrad in painting, he studied with great teachers such as first-generation abstract expressionist Robert Richenburg and hyper-realist painter Janet Fish. In Graduate School he worked with famed critic E.C. Goossen and went on to work as a Photographer, New York Advertising Art Director, and Art Collector.