Tickets

Richard Avedon Ringo Starr 1967

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In keeping with the Beatles' pioneering desire to experiment with unconventional formats in their music and the packaging of their albums, their manager Brian Epstein commissioned Avedon to photograph the band members and design a set of posters that would visually capture the new psychedelic direction of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band and Magical Mystery Tour. Avedon overlaid the solarized prints with Day-Glo colors and symbolic attributes Ringo's white peace dove, George's mystical henna patterns, Paul's flower power, and John's trippy eyeglasses. The posters were printed in four different countries and released simultaneously through popular magazines for maximum international impact.

Gallery label from From the Collection: 1960-69, March 26, 2016 - March 12, 2017.
Medium
Lithograph
Dimensions
31 1/8 x 22 1/2" (79.1 x 57.2 cm)
Publisher
Cowles Education Corporation
Credit
Gift of the designer
Object number
1441.2000
Copyright
© 2024 The Richard Avedon Foundation
Department
Architecture and Design

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