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Poster, Loewy Shell, IDZ, 1990

This is a Poster. It was designed by Nicolaus Ott and Bernard Stein and created by Raymond Loewy. It is dated 1990 and we acquired it in 1990. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Internationales Design Zentrum. It is credited Gift of Internationales Design Zentrum, Berlin.

It has the following markings

Lower right corner, printed in gray: Logo with triangle, parallelogram, and oval atop.

It is inscribed

Inscribed in white and gray, lower left: Raymond Loewy 1893-1936, Pionier des Amerikanischen Industrie, Design, Akademie der Kunste, 17 Marz bis 22 April 1990 DI-SO 10-20 Uhr Mit Eintritt frei Bus 16 U-Hansaplats S-Bellevue Internationales Design Zentrum Berlin E.V. Unterstuts Durch Daimler-Benz AG Deutsche Lufthansa AG Lucky Strike Siftung Deutsche Klassenlotterie Berlin Inscribed in gray, bottom center: Nicoluas Ott+Bernard Stein

Cite this object as

Poster, Loewy Shell, IDZ, 1990; Raymond Loewy (American, b. France, 1893–1986); Designed by Nicolaus Ott (b. 1949), Bernard Stein; Germany; Gift of Internationales Design Zentrum, Berlin; 1990-87-3

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