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Trade Catalog, Electronics, A New Science for a New World, 1942
This is a Trade catalog. It was graphic design by Herbert Bayer and manufactured by General Electric Company.
This object is not part of the Cooper Hewitt's permanent collection. It was able to spend time at the museum on loan from Smithsonian Libraries and Archives as part of Saturated: The Allure and Science of Color.
In Herbert Bayer’s promotional brochure for General Electric, a photo-montaged spectrophotometer is juxtaposed with a rainbow-colored diagram that attempts to convey that this mysterious new device measures color by means of spectral reflectance. Spectral reflectance is expressed as a curve representing light wavelengths reflected off an object, recorded as numeric points across the visible spectrum. Spectrophotometers are now common handheld tools essential to any industry requiring color measurement.
It is credited Smithsonian Libraries, 005041.
- Hanging, Mesa
- linen.
- This acquisition was made possible through the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation.
- 1985-23-1
- Textile, Zambra
- polyester.
- 1988-111-11
- Drawing, Geometric Study for Hickok Belt Co.
- brush and gouache, graphite on paper.
- Gift of University of California, Los Angeles.
- 1973-15-59
Our curators have highlighted 2 objects that are related to this one.
- Textile, Janeiro
- cotton.
- Gift of Taunus Textildruck Zimmer GmbH & Co. KG.
- 1983-19-8
- Sidewall, Aurora Ray
- digital print on linen-textured vinyl.
- Gift of Calico Wallpaper.
- 2015-24-2
Its dimensions are
H x W (open): 21.1 × 55.9 cm (8 5/16 in. × 22 in.)
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Saturated: The Allure and Science of Color.
