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1963

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2016

  • We acquired this object.

2019

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Print, Design for Northern Natural Gas Logo

This is a Print. It was designed by Herbert Bayer and made for (as the client) Northern Natural Gas. It is dated 1963 and we acquired it in 2016. Its medium is print on white glossy paper, mounted on off-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

5.4 × 3.6 cm (2 1/8 × 1 7/16 in.) Mount: 7.5 × 10.2 cm (2 15/16 × 4 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, upper left: 1963; lower left: 1.3 cm [between arrows]; in pen and red ink, lower left: 1/2″ [between arrows]; in pen and red ink, lower right: 84g [inside a red circle]

Cite this object as

Print, Design for Northern Natural Gas Logo; Designed by Herbert Bayer (American, b. Austria, active Germany and USA, 1900–1985); Client: Northern Natural Gas; print on white glossy paper, mounted on off-white paper; 5.4 × 3.6 cm (2 1/8 × 1 7/16 in.) Mount: 7.5 × 10.2 cm (2 15/16 × 4 in.); Museum purchase with funding provided by the Buddy Taub Foundation, Dennis A. Roach and Jill Roach Directors; 2016-54-570

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