The creative freedom of 1960s America permeated the bright abstracted shapes of US corporate logos and popular cartoons alike.  (Photo: Courtesy, Chermayeff & Geismar) 
 The 148-ton Graphic Arts USA exhibit's demountable display system and 1000 panels were packed into 304 crates to tour the USSR.  (Photo: Courtesy, Chermayeff & Geismar)
 The poster designed by Thomas Geismar for the Graphic Arts USA exhibit in the USSR is today part of MoMA's Graphic Arts collection.  (Photo: Courtesy, Chermayeff & Geismar)
 Soviet visitors queued for hours to see the US exhibit when it opened in Moscow two weeks after the assassination of President Kennedy.  (Photo: Courtesy, Chermayeff & Geismar)
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