Edition: The International Edition 2003
Artist: JOHN VAN HAMERSVELD
Medium: 4 color SERIGRAPH
Substrate: COVENTRY RAG 320 GSM
Edge: DECKLED
Image Size: 40″ x 30”
Signed and Numbered Edition: PP 6/6
Year: 2003
Chop mark for Modern Multiples Studio, overseen by Richard Duardo

The Endless Summer (John Van Hamersveld illustration) In 1963, Van Hamersveld was hired by director and filmmaker Bruce Brown to design the iconic Endless Summer movie poster using a photograph taken by Bob Bagley, general manager and camera man for Bruce Brown Films. In the staged photograph originally taken at Salt Creek, Brown is positioned in the foreground with his surfboard on his head and the movie's two stars, Robert August and Mike Hynson, between Brown and the setting sun.[7] He had learned this technique at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena where he took night classes, graduating later that year. He converted the photo into an abstract design by reducing each color to a single tone and giving each image a single, hard edge.