Milton Glaser was an early adopter of “flower power.” His Poppy Records and Monet at Giverny posters attest to a long love affair with flora. But his passion for nature goes back further than the hippie flirtation with petal pushing.
Since the publication of Milton Glaser: POP, Mirko Ilić has been relentlessly on the prowl for unknown and forgotten Glaser artifacts. Here are two uncovered objects not covered in POP. Glaser’s signature mid-to-late sixties “psychedelic” style can be traced back to at least 1961, years before the subculture dropped tabs of acid and ate magic mushrooms. The jacket of Special People, below, is evidence that his graphic style, so emblematic of the period, took root before the Summer of Love and the era of Be-Ins and Happenings. But wait …
… This jacket for the 1959 novel Providence Island may (or may not) have pollinated Glaser’s latter generation-defining work. Move over, Dylan, here’s your not-so-distant cousin.
Images courtesy Mirko Ilić
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