Ivan Chermayeff Collection
- Part of
- Glaser Design Archives
- Date
- 1951 – 2012 (Date ranges)
- Abstract
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Born in London, Ivan Chermayeff (June 6, 1932–December 3, 2017) came to the US with his family when he was 8 years old. After graduating from Yale in 1955, Chermayeff worked briefly as an assistant for Alvin Lustig, then for Columbia Records designing album covers. In 1957, he founded the design firm Brownjohn, Chermayeff & Geismar, later Chermayeff & Geismar (and now, Chermayeff & Geismar & Haviv). Chermayeff & Geismar was particularly known for its corporate identities for clients such as Mobil, Burlington, Xerox, Pan Am, Chase, MoMA, and NYU. In addition to his work as a graphic designer with C&G, Chermayeff was a prolific illustrator for several periodicals and illustrated a handful of children's books.
On the whole, the Ivan Chermayeff collection comprises original work—both personal artworks and commercial illustrations—in a variety of media, the vast majority of which is collage (most artworks are mixed-media, and most commercial work uses Color-Aid cutouts), though there are a number of works in acrylic paint, watercolor, ink gouache, graphite, photography, serigraphy, and lithography.
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