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Poster, The Language of Michael Graves

This is a Poster. It was designed by William Longhauser. It is dated 1983 and we acquired it in 1996. Its medium is offset lithograph on paper support: paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by William Longhauser. It is credited Gift of William Longhauser.

Poster, NR. 4
lithograph on paper.
Gift of Anonymous Donor.
1994-109-18

Here we have two rounded, silver metal bars that are shaped like large squares with rounded corners. Affixed to a bathroom tile wall, the squares are arranged one on top of the other. Each corner of the sqaure has a circular wall mount attached to more piping to make the handle bar protrude slightly off of the wall. The bottom square includes a mini rubber shelf between the wall and the bar, and a small, round rubber stopper near the top corner.

Prototype, Shower Trellis Grab Bar with Shelf, Sprayer Holder, and Hook
stainless steel, polypropylene.
Gift of Moen Inc..
s-e-2604

Two silver squares, about a square foot of area each, made of a single strip of brushed metal tubing with curved edges. The tubing is meant to fit in your hand. Each edge is secured to the wall with supports of the same material that stick a couple of inches from the wall. Closest to the wall, there are round discs of the same material around each support. One square is attached to the wall just above the other. The lower one has two hot pink silicon additions. The first is a shelf, which connects the bottom edge of the square to the wall. The second addition appears to clip onto the back of the right edge of the square. It has two short edges that stick out perpendicularly from the bar, and the right side has a wider end than the rest of the addition, much like a nail. The background is white tile.

Prototype, Shower Trellis Grab Bar with Shelf, Sprayer Holder, and Hook
stainless steel, polypropylene.
Gift of Moen Inc..
s-e-2560

Its dimensions are

44.1 x 54.3 cm (17 3/8 x 21 3/8 in.)

It is inscribed

Imprinted, lower right corner in blue: Poster funded by Pennsylvania/ Council on the Arts, Dr. Charles Nichols/and Michael Rotko/Design: William Longhauser/Printing: Michael Becotte/Typography: Duke & Company

Cite this object as

Poster, The Language of Michael Graves; Designed by William Longhauser (1947); USA; offset lithograph on paper support: paper; 44.1 x 54.3 cm (17 3/8 x 21 3/8 in.); Gift of William Longhauser; 1996-77-1

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/2DBdB/
Accession Number 1996-77-1
Object ID 18654111