Original Apple Computer 1984 Annual Report with six photographs of puppeteer Jim Henson, ‘The Fathers of Macintosh’ team of Bill Atkinson, Burrell Smith, George Crow, and Chris Espinosa, and Maya Lin, the designer of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, all photoshoot images taken for the 1984 report.
The 1984 Annual Report, 68 pages, 9 x 11, was one of Apple's most iconic early design projects. The report is renowned not only for its detailed financial and operational review of a pivotal year in Apple's history, but also for its stylish, innovative design and influential content: this year marked the release of the original Macintosh, a revolutionary product that redefined personal computing. Also notable was a closing section dedicated to “eleven great imaginations,” well-known Macintosh users Jim Henson, Stephen Sondheim, Kurt Vonnegut, Ted Turner, Maya Lin, Peter Martins, Milton Glaser, Bob Ciano, Lee Iacocca, Dianne Feinstein, and David Rockefeller.
Originally taken by noted photographer Cheryl Rossum, the Henson photo, semi-glossy silver gelatin, 11.5 x 12, shows the muppet creator as he appears on page 56 of the report: seated behind a table in a half-length pose holding an invisible Kermit the Frog. The adjacent report page shows three images of drawings Henson made using MacPaint. The photo is matted and framed to an overall size of 16.25 x 18.75.
The Lin photo, semi-glossy silver gelatin, 8 x 10, was one of the images taken by Rossum during her photoshoot for the 1984 Apple Report; Lin is pictured on page 50. The adjacent report page shows a vector drawing of a spiral staircase Lin made using MacDraw.
The four ‘Fathers of Mac’ photos, each glossy and 10 x 8, consist of ‘outtake’ images of Atkinson, Smith, Crow, and Espinosa from their photoshoot with acclaimed photographer Norman Seeff; Crow is only pictured once. For unknown reasons, ‘The Fathers of Mac’ were not pictured in the final printing of the 1984 report. In overall fine condition, with a small crack to the upper left corner of the Henson frame glass.
From the Clement Mok Collection.
