Covering the '60s by George Lois

Covering the '60s by George Lois

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This volume contains a selection of 70 "Esquire" magazine covers, reproduced at their original size. Each cover is accompanied by informative text, providing a behind-the-scenes view of "Esquire" in the 1960s.

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Covering the '60s by George Lois

George Lois was the genius graphic designer responsible for the legendary series of covers of Esquire magazine that were an icon-shattering and icon-defining commentary on the '60s. This collection of the best of those covers includes short anecdotes by Lois, but the chief interest is in the pictures he created. His covers were generally poster-like and free of excess words, and yet these pictures say plenty. The list of subjects is stellar: Marilyn Monroe, Norman Mailer, Muhammad Ali, Andy Warhol, Germaine Greer, and Richard Nixon. Sometimes the picture is a tease for the story within, sometimes it subverts it (as in the cover of a hangdog Roy Cohn with a ridiculous halo that accompanied a self-justifying piece written by Cohn). Only one of the covers reproduced here, a nude shot of Jack Nicholson, was cut before press time.
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ISBN 13 9781885254245
ISBN 10 1885254245
Title Covering the '60s
Author George Lois
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Monacelli Press
Year published 1996-08-01
Number of pages 144
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.