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Michael Schwab : Creating the Hero

Schwab, Michael | 2025
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ISBN9781954632400
LC No.NC999.4.S35 2025
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MAIN LANGUAGEEnglish
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A 50-year retrospective of the graphic art and design of Michael Schwab Studio, this large format book includes over 200 color plates revealing hand-drawn preliminary sketches and Polaroid photos of his models that are the basis of his work. Together, they open a window into Schwab’s studio and his world of heroic and iconic characters. Truly coffee table worthy. Clients include: Amtrak, Apple, Major League Baseball, Levi Strauss & Co, National Parks Service, Nike, The North Face, NY Metropolitan Opera, Pebble Beach, Polo Ralph Lauren, Robert Redford, The San Francisco Opera, Scribners, Turner Classic Movies, US Dept. of the Interior, 2002 Winter Olympic Games. Michael’s work included in these permanent collections: San Francisco Palace of the Legion of Honor: Achenbach Collection, Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, Library of Congress Permanent Collection, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. Various Exhibits: WILD WEST: Plains to the Pacific 2016 Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco; Images of America 2004 Sundance, Utah; One Man Show 2001 San Francisco Palace of the Legion of Honor; Moscow International Poster Triennale 1992; Colorado International Triennale 1989; 12th International Poster Biennale 1998 Warsaw; Triennial of Posters 1994 Toyama, Japan; Pacific Wave California 1987 Italy; XIV Biennale Des Arts Graphiques 1990 Brno, Czechoslovakia; World’s Most Memorable Poster Exhibit 1992 Paris.

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