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Douglas Gordon

raise the dead from the Museum in Progress project TransAct: Transnational Activities in the Cultural Field

2000

Lithograph, offset printed From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Art (Arthur) Paul (b. January 18, 1925 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American graphics designer and the designer of the Playboy bunny. Paul studied at the Art Institute of Chicago (1940-1943) and at the Institute of Design Illinois Institute of Technology. He was working as a freelance designer when he in 1953 was contacted by playboy founder Hugh Hefner who needed a logo for his new magazine. He created the now famous rabbit wearing a tuxedo bow tie. Paul went on to design the whole first edition of the magazine and was hired by Hefner as Playboy's first art director in 1954, a position he held for 30 years. In 1986 Paul was elected to the Hall of Fame of the Art Directors Club of New York. one lithograph, offset printed

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Medium Lithograph, offset printed From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Art (Arthur) Paul (b. January 18, 1925 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American graphics designer and the designer of the Playboy bunny. Paul studied at the Art Institute of Chicago (1940-1943) and at the Institute of Design Illinois Institute of Technology. He was working as a freelance designer when he in 1953 was contacted by playboy founder Hugh Hefner who needed a logo for his new magazine. He created the now famous rabbit wearing a tuxedo bow tie. Paul went on to design the whole first edition of the magazine and was hired by Hefner as Playboy's first art director in 1954, a position he held for 30 years. In 1986 Paul was elected to the Hall of Fame of the Art Directors Club of New York. one lithograph, offset printed
Dimensions sheet: 18 1/2 x 12 3/8" (47 x 31.5 cm)
Publisher Museum in Progress, Vienna
Credit Linda Barth Goldstein Fund
Object number 514.2006.242
Associated work Museum in Progress
Department Drawings and Prints

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