Mahalia Jackson (Poster for an Easter Sunday concert at Lincoln Center, New York)
This poster by designer Milton Glaser advertises a concert by the African-American gospel singer Mahalia Jackson. Glaser’s distinctively designed capital letters are positioned on rainbow bands of colors and balanced by a silhouette of Ms. Jackson. Glaser’s work helped express and define the 1960s. The whimsical flowers in Ms. Jackson’s hair would have been a common sight during the late 1960s when the American counterculture movement embraced clothing with vibrant colors and often wore flowers in their hair.
