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1963

  • Work on this object began.

1973

  • Work on this object ended.

2016

  • We acquired this object.

2019

2024

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Book Cover, Bauhaus

This is a Book cover. It was designed by Herbert Bayer. It is dated ca. 1968 and we acquired it in 2016. Its medium is offset lithograph on glossy paper, folded. 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

22.5 × 24.2 cm (8 7/8 × 9 1/2 in.) Open: 22.5 × 46.4 cm (8 7/8 × 18 1/4 in.) Verso: 22.5 × 22.2 cm (8 7/8 × 8 3/4 in.)

Cite this object as

Book Cover, Bauhaus; Designed by Herbert Bayer (American, b. Austria, active Germany and USA, 1900–1985); offset lithograph on glossy paper, folded; 22.5 × 24.2 cm (8 7/8 × 9 1/2 in.) Open: 22.5 × 46.4 cm (8 7/8 × 18 1/4 in.) Verso: 22.5 × 22.2 cm (8 7/8 × 8 3/4 in.); Museum purchase with funding provided by the Buddy Taub Foundation, Dennis A. Roach and Jill Roach Directors; 2016-54-381

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