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Advertisement for Hand-Drawn and Hand-Painted Art on Clothing by Artist Buddy Esquire
Subject
Buddy Esquire
Datec. 1980
Mediumink; paper (fiber product)
DimensionsOverall (HWD): 11 1/16 × 8 9/16 in. (28.099 × 21.749 cm)
Credit LineMoPOP permanent collection
Object number1999.123.5
Text EntriesBuddy Esquire (Lemoin Thompson, b.1958 – 2014) is a graphic designer from the Bronx. Producing 300 graphic materials in the form of flyers, Buddy Esquire was the most well-known show flyer artist in the Bronx in the early days of Hip-Hop, from 1978 to 1982. Grandmaster Flash, Afrika Bambaataa, Kool Herc, the Funky 4 Plus 1, and the Cold Crush Brothers were among the Hip-Hop legends whose early performances were advertised on his flyers. He was self-taught and learned drawing and typography principles from books at his local library. Graffiti, Japanese anime, superhero comics, and Art Deco architecture were among his influences. Buddy Esquire's visual styles helped to set the tone for Hip-Hop, where his work used jukeboxes and historic theater marquees as inspiration.
Blue flyer in black ink listing performers, location and details of event
CopyrightThis work is issued under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) License. For more information, go to https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
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