Mo Lebowitz collection

The Mo Lebowitz contains examples of Lebowitz’s printed work, consisting of ephemeral pieces that celebrate his interest in cigars, food, wine, bluegrass and classical music (Mozart in particular), literary characters (Sherlock Holmes in particular), and acquisitions of equipment for his press. Much of the collection consists of whimsical and humorous promotion of Lebowitz’s shop, travels, and personal life, in the form of announcements printed as cards, broadsides, posters, and pamphlets, as well as on paper napkins and bags, hang tags, sheets of plastic, tissue, and a wide variety of other substrates. He regularly employed display types and nineteenth-century ornaments and illustration cuts, in addition to articulated elements, die-cut papers, and applied objects including beans, wine corks, and commercial antacids. Some announcements and invitations document exhibitions of Lebowitz’s work, lectures that he presented, and awards that he received from professional organizations. Folders of letterhead, invitations, and announcements reveal work produced for friends and clients. Several pieces in the collection refer to The Design Organization, Lebowitz’s partnership with Al Ross. A few items are dated; most are not, but were produced the 1960s and 1970s.