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1962

  • Work on this object began.

2016

  • We acquired this object.

2019

2024

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Magazine Cover, Graphis, No. 100

This is a Magazine Cover. It was designed by Herbert Bayer and published by Graphis Inc. and made for (as the client) Container Corporation of America and Graphis. It is dated 1962 and we acquired it in 2016. Its medium is offset lithograph on glossy paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase with funding provided by the Buddy Taub Foundation, Dennis A. Roach and Jill Roach Directors.

Its dimensions are

31.7 × 25.4 cm (12 1/2 in. × 10 in.)

It is signed

Printed in black ink, lower right corner of CCA design, verso: bayer 61 / 98

It is inscribed

Printed in black ink, verso, lower margin: for information on the exclusive CCA color harmony system contact Container Corporation of America, 38 south dearborn, chicago 3, illinois, usa

Cite this object as

Magazine Cover, Graphis, No. 100; Designed by Herbert Bayer (American, b. Austria, active Germany and USA, 1900–1985); Published by Graphis Inc.; Client: Graphis, Container Corporation of America (United States); offset lithograph on glossy paper; 31.7 × 25.4 cm (12 1/2 in. × 10 in.); Museum purchase with funding provided by the Buddy Taub Foundation, Dennis A. Roach and Jill Roach Directors; 2016-54-333

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