Duke Ellington — Smithsonian exhibition poster (1989)

Large-format exhibition poster showing a high-contrast line-art profile portrait of Duke Ellington in black on a pale yellow/cream field, with bold vertical...

• duke ellington
• exhibition poster
• smithsonian institution
• national museum of american history
• jazz
• portrait
• graphic design
• typography
• 1989
• museum
• profile portrait (head and shoulders)
• hand resting on chin
• suit and tie
• large vertical typography 'ellington'
• vertical label 'american musician'
• small exhibition text block (bottom left)

DUKE ELLINGTON AMERICAN MUSICIAN An exhibition opening in April 1989 at the National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.