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By Modern Graphic History Library staff
Collection Overview
Scope and Contents of the Materials
This collection includes posters, professional development materials, and mechanical drawings by Seymour Chwast mainly dating between the 1960s and 2000s.
Collection Historical Note
Seymour Chwast is a designer and illustrator born in 1931 in New York City. An active designer throughout his entire life, Chwast is known for his unique illustrative style, which has been featured in publications such as The New York Times, The New Yorker, and Vanity Fair, as well as posters, advertising, and children's books. In his work, Chwast often combines social issues and comical illustrations to create engaging design.
Chwast, along with his Cooper Union schoolmates Milton Glaser, Edward Sorel, and Reynold Ruffins, founded Push Pin Studios in 1954. Though the studio began with freelance work solicited through their Push Pin Almanack publication, they became highly influential in the late 20th century. Pushpin's 1970 retrospective at the Louvre's Musée des Arts Décoratifs gained international acclaim and was later toured through Europe and Japan. The studio has affected visual media and culture through print, posters, product design, books, and their own publications.
An archive of Chwast's work can be found online through the Seymour Chwast Archive, at http://www.seymourchwastarchive.com/
Subject/Index Terms
Administrative Information
Repository:
MGHL Dowd Modern Graphic History Library
Access Restrictions:
There are no restrictions to access.
Use Restrictions:
Some restrictions, please contact the Modern Graphic History Library Curator at (314) 935-7741 or spec@wumail.wustl.edu.
Users of the collection must read and abide by the Rules for the use of Modern Graphic History Library materials.
Users of the collections who wish to use items from this collection, in whole or in part, in any form of publication (as defined in the form) must sign and submit to the Washington University Department of Special Collections a hard copy of the Notification of intent to publish Modern Graphic History Library materials form.
All publication not covered by fair use restricted to those who have permission of the copyright holder.
Acquisition Method:
The collection was purchased by the Modern Graphic History Library from Seymour Chwast in 2015
Related Materials:
There are several books with Seymour Chwast illustrations at the Kranzberg Art and Architecture Library, as well as the Special Collections at Olin Library. Please reference the WUSTL catalog for specific items. For more information please see http://catalog.wustl.edu/.
Preferred Citation:
Seymour Chwast Collection, Washington University Libraries, Department of Special Collections
Processing Information:
The collection was processed by Noah Jodice in June 2015.
Finding Aid Revision History:
This finding aid was entered into Archon by Noah Jodice in June 2015
Box and Folder Listing
Browse by Series:
[
Series 1: Professional Development],
[Series 2: Posters],
[
Series 3: Mechanical Drawings],
[
Series 4: Rolled Posters],
[
Series 5: Posters on Board],
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All]
- Series 2: Posters

- Drawer 18-1

- Sub-Series 1: General Posters

- Folder 1

- Item 1: Be There Brooklyn


- 2 copies
- Item 2: Connections, 1980s


- 2 copies
- Item 3: Designer's Saturday, 1969


- Signed
- Folder 2

- Item 1: Design & Style 1, Jugendstil, 1989


- 3 copies
- Item 2: Erlanger Beer


- Folder 3

- Item 1: Flax Art Course, 1965


- 2 copies
- Item 2: Fort Lauderdale


- 2 copies
- Item 3: Ink Tank Animation Studio, 1981


- 2 copies
- Folder 4

- Item 1: National Computer Conference, 1980


- 2 copies
- Item 2: Palmograph


- 2 copies
- Folder 5

- Item 1: Marilyn Monroe Calendar (Applied Graphics), 1992


- 2 copies
- Item 2: Penn, 1986


- 2 copies
- Item 3: Pioneer-Moss Car


- 2 copies
- Item 4: Pioneer-Moss Heads


- Folder 6

- Item 1: Push Pin Moves, 1980


- 2 copies
- Item 2: Thessaloniki Design Museum, 2003


- Item 3: Tyler


- 2 copies, signed
- Item 4: Ultimate Chocolate Wrapper, 1978


- 2 copies
- Drawer 18-2

- Sub-Series 1: General Posters

- Folder 7

- Item 1: AIGA NY (Liberty on Bike), 1994


- Item 2: "C", 1995


- 2 copies
- Item 3: Carta Di Pasta, 1982


- 2 copies
- Folder 8

- Item 1: Cooper-Hewitt Pen, 2004


- Item 2: Color, 1995


- 4 copies
- Folder 9

- Item 1: Deco Motorcycle


- Item 2: Explo Campus, 1969


- 2 copies
- Item 3: Letter "L" Car, 1992


- Folder 10

- Item 1: Liberty, 1999


- 3 copies
- Item 2: Milwaukee, 1992


- 2 copies
- Item 3: Open House NY Map, 2007


- 2 copies
- Drawer 18-3

- Sub-Series 1: General Posters

- Folder 11

- Item 1: Peugot, 1978


- 2 copies, 1 additional on board
- Item 2: Pushpin Graphic Calendar, 1974-75


- 2 copies
- Item 3: Pushpin 40th Anniversary


- 2 copies
- Folder 12

- Item 1: Zanders Sailor


- 1 copy, 2 sheets
- Item 2: Zanders Electronic


- 2 copies
- Folder 13

- Item 1: Zanders Accordion


- 2 copies
- Item 2: Zanders Fashion


- 2 copies
- Drawer 18-4

- Sub-Series 2: Children's Posters

- Folder 17

- Item 1: Pancake King, 1988


- 2 copies
- Item 2: Street Smarts, 1986


- 2 copies
- Item 3: Brooklyn Children's Museum, 2000


- Folder 18

- Item 1: Year with Children/Hand, 1983


- 2 copies
- Folder 19

- Item 1: Growing by Design, 1990


- 2 copies
- Item 2: It's Never Too Early, 1987


- 2 copies
- Item 3: Moonride, 2000


- 2 copies
- Item 4: Year with Children/Flower, 1985


- Sub-Series 3: Exhibition Posters

- Folder 20

- Item 1: Big P German Show, 1990


- 2 copies
- Item 2: Brooklyn Bounty, 1985


- 2 copies
- Item 3: Fun and Fantasy, 1984


- 2 copies
- Folder 21

- Item 1: My Best Work, 1971


- 2 copies
- Item 2: Louvre, 1970


- 2 copies. Design by Milton Glaser
- Item 3: Lustrare Gallery


- 2 copies
- Folder 22

- Item 1: Pushpin Darmstadt


- 2 copies
- Item 2: Seville, Spain, 1992


- 2 copies
- Drawer 18-5

- Sub-Series 3: Exhibition Posters

- Folder 23

- Item 1: Ambrosiana, 1992


- 2 copies
- Item 2: American Head, 1997


- 4 copies
- Item 3: Next Best...Ding!, 2001


- Folder 24

- Item 1: Retrospective, 1986


- 2 copies
- Item 2: Chwast Blowing Smoke


- 2 copies
- Item 3: Munich Shoe


- 2 copies
- Item 4: Thurber Dog, 1996


- 2 copies
- Sub-Series 4: Film and Television Posters

- Folder 26

- Item 1: Charters & Caldicotte, 1986


- 2 copies
- Item 2: New Line Cinema, 1969


- Folder 27

- Item 1: Black Camera, 1979


- 2 copies
- Item 2: Cannes Film Festival (Lincoln Center), 1987


- Item 3: Peridot, 1961


- Rare
- Item 4: Telluride Film Festival, 1998


- 2 copies
- Sub-Series 8: Sports Posters

- Folder 26

- Item 1: Arthur Ashe


- 2 copies
- Drawer 18-6

- Sub-Series 3: Exhibition Posters

- Folder 30

- Item 1: Gutenberg, 1983


- 2 copies
- Sub-Series 5: Health and Medical Care Posters

- Folder 30

- Item 2: Survival Kit


- 2 copies
- Folder 31

- Item 1: Pap Test


- 2 copies
- Item 2: Pap Test/Family, 1974


- 2 copies
- Item 3: Smoking Mouth, 1976


- 2 copies
- Folder 32

- Item 1: Cholesterol, 1995


- 2 copies
- Item 2: Depression, 1998


- 2 copies
- Item 3: Diabetes, 1996


- Folder 33

- Item 1: Get Straight


- 2 copies
- Item 2: 12 Things To Do Instead of Smoking, 1976


- Item 3: Stroke


- Sub-Series 6: Music Posters

- Folder 34

- Item 1: Happy Birthday, Bach, 1985


- 2 copies
- Item 2: Basie/Getz, 1964


- Small Version
- Item 3: Puccini, 1983


- 2 copies
- Drawer 18-7

- Sub-Series 7: Politics and War Posters

- Folder 36

- Item 1: Move the Money


- 3 copies
- Folder 37

- Item 1: Guns Kill, 2000


- 2 copies
- Item 2: Guns Without Borders, 2001


- 2 copies
- Item 3: June 12 March for Peace, 1982


- 2 copies
- Folder 38

- Item 1: Save our Freedom


- Item 2: Sharing Jerusalem


- 2 copies
- Item 3: Their Profit/Our Loss, 2001


- 2 copies
- Folder 39

- Item 1: A Cloudy Morning, 1995


- 2 copies
- Item 2: America's Shame


- Item 3: Earth Day Broom, 1990


- Folder 40

- Item 1: Human Rights Now, 1988


- 2 copies
- Item 2: No Go, 1998


- Item 3: Peace, 1985


- 2 copies
- Folder 41

- Item 1: War is Good Business, 1968


- Rare
- Item 2: War is Madness, 1986


- Rare
- Drawer 18-8

- Sub-Series 9: Talks and Appearances Posters

- Folder 44

- Item 1: Chwast After Dinner, 1984


- Item 2: Oklahoma, 1992


- 2 copies
- Item 3: Drop By!, 2005


- 2 copies
- Folder 45

- Item 1: Old Tricks


- 2 copies
- Item 2: Chwast Smoking


- Folder 46

- Item 1: See More! Chair, 1986


- 2 copies
- Item 2: Obsessive Images of Seymour Chwast, 2009


- 2 copies
- Item 3: Seymour Chwast Exposes Himself, 2005


- 2 copies
- Item 4: Seymour Chwast Speaks (Kean/Suit), 2005


- 2 copies
- Folder 47

- Item 1: AIGA Bear, 1996


- Item 2: He Said She Said


- 2 copies
- Item 3: See More Hand/Pen, 1987


- 2 copies
- Drawer 18-9

- Sub-Series 1: General Posters

- Folder 14

- Item 1: Frog Turned into a Print


- 2 copies, signed
- Item 2: Wedding Ring, 2004


- Folder 15

- Item 1: Forbes Capitalist Tool


- 2 copies
- Item 2: La Guardia, 1984


- 2 copies
- Item 3: The Writer's New York City Source Book, 1985


- Folder 16

- Item 1: WPAT radio station


- Item 2: Pride of Brooklyn, 1985


- 2 copies, different sizes
- Item 3: Unbreakable Comb, 1987


- Sub-Series 3: Exhibition Posters

- Folder 25

- Item 1: Pushpin and Beyond - Japan show, 1997


- 3 copies, with variants
- Item 2: Gitannes, 1991


- 2 copies
- Drawer 18-10

- Sub-Series 4: Film and Television Posters

- Folder 28

- Item 1: The Charmer, 1989


- 2 copies
- Item 2: Jeeves and Wooster, 1990


- 3 copies
- Item 3: Nicholas Nickleby, 1969


- 2 copies
- Folder 29

- Item 1: Song by Song, 1984


- 2 copies
- Item 2: Cadfael "Serves God", 1995


- Item 3: Agatha Christie Presents: Poirot


- Item 4: I, Claudius, 1976


- 2 copies
- Item 5: Houdini


- Item 6: Rumpole of the Bailey, 1980


- Sub-Series 7: Politics and War Posters

- Folder 42

- Item 1: End Bad Breath, 1968


- Original, Rare
- Item 2: End Bad Breath, 1999


- 2 copies, reprint
- Item 3: End the War Now


- Sub-Series 8: Sports Posters

- Item 1: The Grand Game of Baseball, 1987


- Sub-Series 10: Year of the Monkey Posters

- Folder 48

- Item 1: Monkey - Motorcycles, 2004


- Item 2: Monkey - Baboon, 2004


- 2 copies
- Item 3: Monkey - No Evil, 2004


- Item 4: Monkey - Space, 2004


Browse by Series:
[
Series 1: Professional Development],
[Series 2: Posters],
[
Series 3: Mechanical Drawings],
[
Series 4: Rolled Posters],
[
Series 5: Posters on Board],
[
All]