Tom Daly

"1966 The poster for the 46th Annual New York Art Directors Exhibition, was an early celebration of hippy-chic. Tom Daly painted a glorious psychedelic pattern on the naked body of the model Wanda Embry which Ken Harris then photographed for the resultant poster. This poster imagery was ground-breaking and highly influential. The Robert McGinnis artwork for "Casino Royale" (1967) clearly owed a debt and the presentation of painted naked bodies appeared on various subsequent movie posters i.e., "The Illustrated Man" (1969) and the American poster for "The Italian Job" (1969). An important psychedelic poster."
The origin story for this poster: Don Rubbo was an aficionado of Japanese art and culture, and to inspire his student Tom Daly for his assignment of a poster for the NY Art Directors Exhibition, he took Tom to see the Japanese Samurai movies 'Irezumi,' 'Sanjuro' and 'Zatoichi', and told him to pay attention to the full body tattoos of the woman and the Samurai. Tom hired Wanda Embry, and spent one full night painting her, and brought in Ken Harris to photograph her. Unfortunately, Tom did not copyright his poster, and Wanda's boyfriend, an attorney, immediately copyrighted the poster in her name. This iconic poster influenced the graphic arts and movie industries, but Tom Daly did not receive a penny for his work.