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Abstract

Bob Gill (1931-2021) was a renowned designer, teacher, and author. He began his career in New York City and was one of the earliest design instructors at the School of Visual Arts. In 1960 he moved to London where he eventually formed Fletcher Forbes Gill, the design firm that later became Pentagram. He returned to freelance work in 1967 and moved his practice back to New York in 1975. In addition to his work as a print designer and illustrator, over the course of his career Gill also designed title credits, directed industrial films, created theatrical productions, and was the author of many children’s books as well as books aimed at designers. The Bob Gill Collection contains print work designed by Gill, plus some original art and production files. The Gill Collection also includes film, audio and video recordings which are not yet available for research.


Date

1952 – 2018 (Date ranges)


General Physical Description

Five print boxes and one flat file drawer.


Scope and Contents

The Bob Gill Collection is composed of posters, advertisements, magazine and newspaper illustration, books, original art and production files. Film, audio, and video recordings are not yet available for research.


Arrangement

The Bob Gill Collection is divided into ten series.


Restrictions

This collection is open for research.


Citation

Bob Gill Collection, [series. item]. Milton Glaser Design Study Center and Archives, Visual Arts Foundation, New York.


Acquisition Information

The Bob Gill Collection was acquired as a gift from Sara Fishko.

Container List

Milton Glaser Design Study Center and Archives  >  Bob Gill Collection  >  Series 1. Posters (MG.34.S01)

LOC
TITLE
DATE
B1 F1
426 West Broadway. 6-Fingered Hand
1995
B1 F2
Abraham & Straus. Mothers' Day
1976
B1 F3
Ahmedabad. Are You Leaving It To Fate? Or Are You Planning a Small Family?
circa 1965
B1 F3
Ahmedabad. This Family Just Happened. This Family Happened to Be Planned.
circa 1965
B1 F1
Angel Action Group. Them/Us
1974
B1 F1
Angel Action Group. Them/Us 2
1974
B1 F4
Art Directors Club. 65th Art Directors Annual
1986
D93 F4
Boycott Apartheid Sport. It's Not Cricket
1965
B1 F5
CAi. Series of 5 Evening Concerts at Carnegie Hall
1956
D93 F5
Curwen Gallery. Don't Have a Traditional Christmas This Christmas
1970
B2 F8
El Al. The Body is From Caeasrea, the Head is From Putney (statue/head)
1963
D93 F6
Evening Standard. Small Ads. Let Sold Filled
1962
B1 F5
Great American BackRub. Stress-Free Holiday
1996
B1 F5
High Times Magazine. A Few Words from the New Publisher
circa 1980
D93 F14
La Settimana Britannica a Milano. British Week Milan (Union Jack box)
1965
D93 F10
Langen & Wind. Dye Transfers (King of Clubs)
1963
D93 F8
Langen & Wind. Dye Transfers. When I was in Films... (Woman's Face)
1964
D93 F11
Langen & Wind. Dye Transfers (Union Jack)
1963
D93 F7
Langen & Wind. Dye Transfers. I used to be frightened... (Knight)
circa 1965
D93 F9
Langen & Wind. Dye Transfers. If I Could Only Think of the Right Words (Shakespeare)
1964
D93 F7
Langen & Wind. Dye Transfers. Maureen and I Get Around.
circa 1965
B1 F6
Learning Annex. Before/After
circa 1985
B1 F6
Learning Annex. Come Learn With Us
circa 1990
B1 F6
Learning Annex. Give a Man Fish (holiday greeting)
1986
B1 F6
Learning Annex. Learning Makes a Man Fit Company For Himself (holiday greeting)
circa 1985
D93 F1
Learning Annex. No Calories. No Fat.
1985
B1 F6
Learning Annex. Notebooks
circa 1985
B1 F6
Learning Annex. Serious. And Not So Serious
1985
B1 F6
Learning Annex. Try The Learning Annex Instead of TV
circa 1985
B1 F6
Learning Annex. We Receive Three Educations (holiday greetings)
1985
D93 F12
Martins RentaCar. We Hate Small Print
1967
D93 F1
Musee Toulous-Lautrec. Hommage a Toulouse-Lautrec
2001
D93 F1
Museu da Imagem et Do Som. Bob Gill no Brasil
1991
B1 F7
Nappi / Eliran. Is Your Advertising Boring...
circa 1990
B1 F8
National Commission for Economic Conversion and Disarmament. America, Let's Talk
1990
B1 F9
NY1. The Bronx, Staten Island, Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens
1993
B1 F5
Ronnie Eldridge for Borough President. Wouldn't it Be Nice If Compassion and Ability Defeated Money and Pull!
1989
B1 F8
Royal Festival Hall. Orchestra Concert
1970
D93 F13
Sappi. Bob Gill. A Real McCoy on the Real McCoy (pencil sharpener)
2014
B1 F8
Save London Action Group. Save London
circa 1965
B1 F10
School of Visual Arts. Twelve Scholarships
1978
B1 F10
Spicers Penguin. Frost!
circa 1965
D93 F13
The Sunday Telegraph. The Campaign Begins
circa 1965
B1 F10
University of Delaware. Year End Show
2004
B1 F11
Voices and Visions / PJ Library. Jewish Thoughts (building blocks)
2012
B1 F11
Voices and Visions / PJ Library. Jewish Thoughts. Building Blocks (Small)
2012

Milton Glaser Design Study Center and Archives  >  Bob Gill Collection  >  Series 2. Posters - Movie (MG.34.S02)

LOC
TITLE
DATE
B2 F6
Elliott Kastner. 12345 '68
1968
D93 F3
The Go-Between (Losey)
1971
B2 F5
Homeboy (Elliott Kastner)
1988
B2 F6
The Human Language (Equinox Films)
1995
B2 F6
Louis Malle Looks at India (Elliott Kastner and Jerry Gershwin)
1968
B2 F7
The Magic Christian (Commonwealth United)
1969
D93 F3
The Mattei Affair (Gate Cinema)
1972
D93 F17
Sitting Quietly Doing Nothing (David Hart).
1964
B2 F6
Two Bells / Two Worlds (Bernard Stone)
2002

Milton Glaser Design Study Center and Archives  >  Bob Gill Collection  >  Series 3. Posters - Theater (MG.34.S03)

LOC
TITLE
DATE
D93 F2
Alice in Wonderland (Eva Le Gallienne)
1982
B2 F1
Beatlemania (Winter Garden Theatre / Lever & Krebs)
1977
B2 F1
Catch Me If I Fall (Nickerson Theater)
1990
D93 F3
Dancemaker (Paul Taylor Dance Company)
1998
B2 F1
Dangerous Games (Jules Fisher)
1989
D93 F2
Forever Plaid (Gene Wolsk)
1990
D93 F2
Garcia Lorca's The House of Bernarda Alba (Great Neck Theater)
1957
B2 F2
Indiana Repertory Theater Presents (poster/mailer)
1991
B2 F2
Indiana Repertory Theater. Some of the company...
1992
D93 F15
Let's Get a Divorce! (Comedy Theatre)
1966
B2 F3
Lotte Goslar's Pantomime Circus. For Humans Only
1954
D93 F16
Lotte Goslar's Pantomime Circus. Woman (For Humans Only) (no text)
1954
B2 F2
Mastergate (Larry Gelbart/Criterion Center)
1989
B2 F4
Requiem for a Heavyweight (Arvin Brown/Zev Bufman/Martin Beck Theatre)
1985
B2 F4
The Rink (Kander & Ebb/Martin Beck Theatre)
1984
B2 F4
Rock 'n Roll (Gill & Rabinowitz/St. James Theatre)
1982
B2 F4
Trophies (Yabadoo Productions/Cherry Lane Theatre)
1993
D93 F3
Winter Lies (Serendipity Productions)
circa 1980

Milton Glaser Design Study Center and Archives  >  Bob Gill Collection  >  Series 4. Advertisements (MG.34.S04)

LOC
TITLE
DATE
B4 F1
Bourges. Bourges Color Sheets (3 tools with color)
1965
B4 F2
Cammell and Hudson Associates Limited. Admen Golfing
circa 1969
B4 F2
Cammell and Hudson Associates Limited. Clio
circa 1969
B4 F2
Cammell and Hudson Associates Limited. Five of our Favourite Clients
circa 1969
B4 F2
Cammell and Hudson Associates Limited. If We're So Great, How Come We Have to Advertise
circa 1969
B4 F2
Cammell and Hudson Associates Limited. Send Us Your Most Difficult Cinema or TV Problem
circa 1969
B4 F2
Cammell and Hudson Associates Limited. U (film canister)
circa 1969
B4 F3
Cammell Hudson and Brownjohn Associates Limited. Our Portfolio Takes 18 1/2 Minutes
circa 1969
B4 F3
Cammell Hudson and Brownjohn Associates Limited. Would You Buy a Secondhand Car From This Man? (Robert Brownjohn)
circa 1969
B4 F4
Carol Cutner Photography. Head Silhouette promotion
1970
B2 F9
A Chorus of Disapproval (Elliott Kastner) (film advertisement)
1989
B4 F5
Concert Associates, Inc. I Musici
1958
B4 F6
De Laurentiis. Pasta
circa 1980
B4 F7
Decorators' Workroom. After/Before
1998
B4 F8
Design and Art Direction. Call For Entries (3 different)
1967
B4 F9
El Al. Better Red Than Dead
circa 1964
B2 F8
El Al. What Is Long, Slim and Always in the Sun?
1963
B3 F1
Elvis: An American Musical (Jules Fisher)
1988
B4 F10
Faces (Academy One) (John Cassavetes movie advertisement)
1968
B3 F2
I. Miller. Cesare Ciotti
1958
B4 F11
Langen and Wind. Color Colour
circa 1957
B4 F11
Langen and Wind. Having Trouble Controlling the Quality of Your Dye Transfers? (pipes)
circa 1957
B4 F11
Langen and Wind. Langen and Wind Make Great, Super, Sensational...
circa 1957
B4 F11
Langen and Wind. Mr. Langen
circa 1957
B4 F11
Langen and Wind. Poifect! Super!
circa 1957
B4 F12
Learning Annex. We Don't Read It
circa 1985
B3 F3
Pirelli. Cintura. Behind these Engineers/Rover 2000
circa 1965
B3 F4
Pirelli. Slippers (Green)
1965
B3 F4
Pirelli. Slippers (Orange)
1965
B3 F5
Ruby Austin 7 car advertisement
circa 1963

Milton Glaser Design Study Center and Archives  >  Bob Gill Collection  >  Series 5. Magazine and Newspapers Covers and Illustration (MG.34.S05)

LOC
TITLE
DATE
B4 F13
Art Direction no 45, March 1957
1957
B4 F14
Cue Magazine, February 16, 1952
1952
B4 F15
Learning Annex. Various Covers
1984 – 1990
B4 F16
New Politics. Various Covers
2004 – 2009
B2 F10
New York Times. Goodbye, Golden Years (chairs)
2011
B2 F10
New York Times. One Bad Call (baseball and Olympics)
2005
B3 F6
Publication Unknown. It Was Eugene's Best Friend...
circa 1955
B2 F10
Publication Unknown. Subway (Two Returns to Manhattan)
circa 1960

Milton Glaser Design Study Center and Archives  >  Bob Gill Collection  >  Series 6. Books (MG.34.S06)

LOC
TITLE
DATE
B5
A Balloon for a Blunderbuss (Japanese edition) (Phaidon)
2011
B5
Bob Gill Illustration (Images)
2004
B5
Bob Gill's A to Z (Corraini)
2009
B5
Bob Gill, So Far (Laurence King)
2011
B5
The Concert (Corraini)
2017
B5
Dogs are Just Like Us (Corraini)
2018
B5
Estou Sempre Mudando (I Keep Changing) (Martins)
2008
B5
Forget All the Rules (Korean edition) (Watson-Guptill)
2017
B5
Graphic Design as a Second Language (Images)
2003
B5
Graphic Design Made Difficult (Van Nostrand Reinhold)
2004
B5
Graphic Design: Visual Comparisons (Studio Vista/Reinhold)
1963
B5
La Prodigiosa Wonder Car di Kate / Kate's Really Remarkable Wonder Car (Corraini)
2014
B5
The Present (Japanese edition) (Corraini)
2010
B5
Supposing (New York Review Children's Collection)
2010
B5
Words Into Pictures (Images)
2009

Milton Glaser Design Study Center and Archives  >  Bob Gill Collection  >  Series 7. Miscellaneous Print Materials (MG.34.S07)

LOC
TITLE
DATE
B4 F20
Albert Koski and David Cammell and Hugh Hudson and Robert Brownjohn party invitation
circa 1969
B3 F7
Apple Records. Wonderwall Music by George Harrison album cover
1968
B2 F5
Elliott Kastner. Homeboy (Flyer used for Poster)
1988
B4 F20
Forum Gallery moving announcement
1991
B4 F19
Fucci Stone Films. Director's Chair
1973
D93 F19
Geers Gross. Annual Report cover
1985
B2 F5
Homeboy (alternate) (Elliott Kastner)
1988
B4 F17
How to Talk Sports to Men book cover (The Learning Annex)
n.d.
B4 F20
Indiana Repertory Theater brochure
circa 1992
B4 F20
Learning Annex Annual Report 1986
1986
B4 F20
Learning Annex Annual Report cover 1987
1987
B4 F18
Logos brochure (self-promotion)
circa 2000
B4 F17
No New Jokes book cover (Norton)
1997
B4 F18
One Man Band flyer (self-promotion)
circa 2005
B3 F7
Troubador Records. Collin Bates Trio album cover
1967
B3 F7
Westminster Records. Haydn. String Quartet in G Major album cover
1957

Milton Glaser Design Study Center and Archives  >  Bob Gill Collection  >  Series 8. Limited Edition Prints (MG.34.S08)

LOC
TITLE
DATE
D93 F18
Jazz (Print Club)
2013
D93 F18
Traffic (Alternate)
circa 1970

Milton Glaser Design Study Center and Archives  >  Bob Gill Collection  >  Series 9. Original Art and Production Materials (MG.34.S09)

LOC
TITLE
DATE
B3 F10
Jules Fisher. Elvis: An American Musical advertisement paste-up
1988
B3 F11
Jules Fisher. Third Eye Studios mock-up
1988
B3 F9
The Learning Annex cover mock-up (woman knitting)
n.d.
B3 F9
The Learning Annex Will Make You Feel Ten Feet Tall in One Easy Lesson advertisement mock-up
n.d.
B3 F8
Musee d'Art Modern (Luxembourg). Graphic Design Made Difficult. Bob Gill exhibition poster mock-up
2008
B3 F12
National Commission for Economic Conversion and Disarmament. America, Let's Talk paste-up
1990
B2 F11
The New Yorker. Bagels paste-up
circa 2005
D93 F20
Punk Playing Video Game
circa 2012
B3 F13
Rock Coloring Book book dummy
circa 1978

Milton Glaser Design Study Center and Archives  >  Bob Gill Collection  >  Series 10. Work by Other Artists (MG.34.S10)

LOC
TITLE
DATE
R.O. Blechman. No Smoking
n.d.
Stefan Sagmeister. Zumtobel AG annual report
2002
Tony Palladino. Hammer
n.d.

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