On view now: Black Santa, St. Ali, and more

At the MoMA's George Lois: The Esquire Covers, opening today, you'll find 31 of the designer's groundbreaking designs for the magazine from 1962 to 1972. Many are now justly revered icons: Sonny Liston as a glowering Santa Claus; Muhammad Ali as St. Sebastian, persecuted by the draft board; and Andy Warhol drowning in his totemic can of soup. But we're partial to one of his lesser-known works: Lois's fold-out send-up of Hubert Humphrey (pictured), reviled in progressive circles for his silence on LBJ's escalation of the Vietnam War. The full version is below, a punch most definitively not pulled.
George Lois: The Esquire Covers at the Museum of Modern Art, 11 W. 53 St. NYC, (212) 708-9400, moma.org

MATTHEW SCHNEIER
Photos: George Lois/Courtesy of MoMA
1:51 PM, April 25, 2008

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