Magazine projects, 1963-1982
Scope and Contents
This category represents Feitler's work in perhaps her most celebrated role: as graphic designer and art director for magazines. While the collection does not furnish a narrative by Feitler describing her working methods or philosophy, the materials here shed light on her design process. Alternate versions of layouts, handwritten notes on page spreads, marked-up contact sheets, and other pre-publication materials demonstrate her engagement with every aspect of magazine design, from selection and placement of text and images, to cropping, to creating photographic effects, to dictating print processes. Materials include layouts, dummies, photographs, contact sheets, slides, laminated tear sheets, and printed sections and issues of publications.
The Chic folder contains two issues of Larry Flynt's publication. It is unclear whether Feitler was involved in the design of the magazine, although a 1976 drawing intialed "LF" in the Personal Materials series suggests that she may have had some direct dealings with Flynt.
Harper's Bazaar files include photographs for a September 1967 issue of the magazine, a laminated cover, slides of Feitler's work and page layouts from a number of issues.
Look materials include the January 9, 1968 cover, featuring a famous Pop Art portrait of John Lennon. Feitler was behind the transformation of Richard Avedon's photograph into this day-glo, psychedelic image. Also included are similarly-treated portraits of the other Beatles.
Ms. materials include tear sheets, covers, examples of the production stages for the cover story, "Do Women Make Men Violent?", and prints of a cover that became an iconic image of the women's movement: Wonder Woman portrayed as a feminist fighting evil. Page layouts are not marked up by Feitler.
Rolling Stone files include a heavily-annotated dummy of a 50-page section of the 10th anniversary issue, with photocopies of Annie Leibovitz's photographs and text; a printed portion of another issue designed by Feitler, featuring photographs by Leibovitz; and alternate logos for the short-lived Rolling Stone spinoff, Rolling Stone College Papers.
Dates
- 1963-1982