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Poster, American Craft Museum: The Ideal Homes 1900-1920

This is a Poster. It is dated 1993 and we acquired it in 1994. Its medium is offset lithography. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Unknown donor: unsolicited gift. It is credited Gift of Unknown Donor.

Its dimensions are

58.4 x 38.4 cm (23 x 15 1/8 in. )

It is inscribed

Imprinted in black, lower right quadrant: " THE IDEAL HOME: 1900 TO 1920/ IS THE FIRST EXHIBITION IN THE HISTORY OF TWENTIETH_CENTURY AMERICAN CRAFT/...THE CENTANARY PROJECT IS MADE POSSIBLE BY A MAJOR GRANT FROM/ THE LILA WALLACE-READER'S DIGEST FUND./ ADDITIONAL GENEROUS SUPPORT HAS BEEN GIVEN BY THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT/ FOR THE ARTS, A FORMAL AGENCY, AND THE NORMAN AND ROSITA WINSTON FOUNDA-/ TION, INC. FUNDING FOR THE IDEAL HOME: 1900 TO 1920 HAS BEEN GIVEN BY THE J.M/ KAPLAN FUND, MR. AND MRS. SAMUEL C. JOHNSON, HOUSE BEAUTIFUL MAGAZINE,/ PETER JOSEPH GALLERY, THE COWLES CHARITABLE TRUST, BENJAMIN STRAUSS, AND/ KAREN JOHNSON BOYD. A PORTION OF THE AMERICAN CRAFT MUSEUM'S GENERAL/ OPERATING EXPENSES FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR HAS BEEN PROVIDED THROUGH AN/ IMPORTANT GRANT FROM THE INSTITUTION OF MUSEUM SERVICES, A FEDERAL AGENCY:/ THE AMERICAN CRAFT MUSUEM IS AN AFFILIATE OF THE AMERICAN CRAFT COUNCIL/ THE IDEAL HOME: 1900-1920. OCTOBER 21, 1993 - FEBRUARY 27, 1994/.../AMERICAN CRAFT MUSEUM/ NEW YORK".

Cite this object as

Poster, American Craft Museum: The Ideal Homes 1900-1920; offset lithography; 58.4 x 38.4 cm (23 x 15 1/8 in. ); Gift of Unknown Donor; 1994-114-36

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