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1938

  • Work on this object began.

1946

  • Work on this object ended.

2016

  • We acquired this object.

2019

2024

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Print, The Creative Hand

This is a Print. It was designed by Herbert Bayer and made for (as the client) Bianchini-Férier, Inc.. It is dated 1938–46 and we acquired it in 2016. Its medium is offset lithograph on white 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

31.3 × 22.7 cm (12 5/16 × 8 15/16 in.)

It is signed

Printed in black ink, upper right: dorland bayer

Cite this object as

Print, The Creative Hand; Designed by Herbert Bayer (American, b. Austria, active Germany and USA, 1900–1985); Client: Bianchini-Férier, Inc. (France); offset lithograph on white paper; 31.3 × 22.7 cm (12 5/16 × 8 15/16 in.); Museum purchase with funding provided by the Buddy Taub Foundation, Dennis A. Roach and Jill Roach Directors; 2016-54-322

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